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BOOK OF PRAYER

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THE CHURCH AND THE HOME;

SititAxons from ti)t llaalme.

COLLECTION OF HYMNS.

BOSTON:
N. B. UNIVERSALIST PUBLISmNG HOUSB,

No. 37 COBMHILL.

1866.

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CONTENTS.

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Ordvb for Morxino Praykb

1

Ordbb for Evcnixo Prater

11

Order for Vkbpers . • . •

. 20

Litany .....

81

Prayers axd THANKBOimros

86

Tax Christian Year

46

The Divink Law .

. 75

The Beatitudks ....

79

Offerings of Chartty

. 81

Order for Communion .

85

BArrisM OF Infants ....

. 97

Baptism of those of Riper Years .

100

Catechism . . . . .

. 104

Order of Confirmation

112

Solemnization of Matrimony

. 116

VlftlTATIOir OF THE 8lCE •

121

BCBIAL OP THE DbAO

. 187

Prayers to be Used at Sea .

164

Domestic Worship ....

. 157

Pbaybrb to be saib in Private

165

Selections from the Psalms

. 172

Collection of Hymns •

220

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ORDER FOR MORNING PRAYER.

^ The Minuter shall begin the Morning Prayer hy rearJing one
or more of the foUoioing sentences of Scripture ; cdl stand-
ing.

nnHE Lord is in his holy temple ; let all the
earth keep silence before him.

The Lord is nigh unto all who call upon
him ; unto all who call upon him in truth.

Give ear to my words, O God, consider ray
meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry,
my King and my God ; for unto thee will I
pray.

Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found ;
call ye upon him while he is near.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take
my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am
meek and lowly of heart ; and ye shall find rest
unto your souls.

£ MORNING PRATER.

Y Then the Minister shall say:
T>ELOVED in the Lord, we have again as-
sembled together as the disciples of Jesus
Christ, to render thanks to God for all his mer-
cies ; to confess our manifold transgressions ; to
renew our good resolutions ; and to recommend
ourselves and all our concerns to the care of
our heavenly Father. Draw near to God, and
he will draw near to you. Put your trust in
him and you shall not be disappointed. With
humble and contrite hearts let us approach the
throne of heavenly grace.

K The JMinister shall then say the foUomng Prayer ; all rever^
ently bounng down, or kneeling^ and the People responding
With " Amen/'

i\ GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all
men, trusting in thy loving-kindness and
tiMicler mercy, we come into thy Holy Presence,
and bring to thee our devout offerings. Pu-
rify us, we beseech thee, from all guile ; unite us
to one another in the bonds of love and peace ;
pour down upon us thy spiritual gifts, and grant
us every blessing in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

^ Then the LnrtCs Prayer^ to he said by Minister and People.

/^UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be

thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will

MORNING FRAYEB. g

be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us
this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive »them that trespass
against us. And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil : For thine is the king-
dom, and the power, and the glory, forever aud
ever. Amen.

^ Then the Minuter shaU say:

O Lord, open thou our lips ;
People. And our mouth shall shovr forth thy
praise.

Y Here all standing up, the Minister shall say :

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invis*
ible, the only Wise God ;

People. Be honor and glory through Jesus
Christ, forever and ever.

Minister. Praise ye the Lord.

People. The Lord's name be praised.

^ Then shaU he sung the following, or some other Anthem ; aU
standing.

f\ COME, let us sing unto the Lord : let us
heartily rejoice in the strength of our
salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanks-
giving: and show ourselves glad in him with
psalms.

4 M0RKIN6 PRATEB.

For the Lord is a great God: and a great
King above all gods.

In bis bands are Ae oomers <^ the earth : and
the strength of the hills is his also.

The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands
prepared the dry land.

O come, let us worship and fall down, and
kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is the Lord our God : and we are the
people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

Glory be to the Father, Almighty God,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be, world without end. Amen.

^ Then tnay be read one of the Psalms, taken from the Sfxrg-
TiONS : and at the end qf every Psalm may he sung the Glo-
ria Fatri.

^ Then shall be read the First Lesson, taken out of the Old
Testament K Note, that before every Lesson, the Minister
shall say : Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such
a Chapter, of such a Book : And after every Lesson^ Here
endeth the Firsts or the Second Lesson,

^ Then shall be sung the following Hymn, called Gloria in
£xcEL8i8 ; all standing.

C^ LORY be to God on high, and on earth peabe,

good will towards men. We praise thee,

we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee.

MOESmfG PRATER. 5

we give dumks to diee for thy great glory, O
Lord God, heavenly Kiog, God the Father Al-
ni%hty. O God, through thy only-begotten Son
Jesus Christ, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
who taketh away the sins of the world, have
mercy upon us. Through him thai taketh away
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Through him that taketh away the sins of die
world, receive our prayer. Through him that
sitteth at the right hand of Grod the Father, have
mercy upon us. For thou only art holy ; thou
only art the Lord ; thou only, in Christ, with
the Holy Ghost, art most high in thy glory, O
God our Father. Amen*

t Then $haU he read (ke Second Leston taken ovt of the New
Testament,

f After that shall he sung the foUowing PsalfOy or a Hymn^
unannounced,

r^OD be merciful unto us and bless us : and
show us the light of his countenance, and
be merciful unto us ;

That thy way may be known upon the earth :
thy saving health among all nations.

Let the people praise thee, O God : yea, let
all the people praise thee.

O let the nations rejoice and be glad: for

6 MORNING FRAYEB.

thou shalt guide the folk righteously, and govern
the nations upon earth.

Let the people praise thee, O God : yea, let
all the people praise thee.

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase :
and God, even our God, shall give us his
blessing.

God shall bless us: and all the ends of the
world shall fear him.

% Then the Minister shall say :

The Lord be with you ;
People. And with thy spirit.
Minister. Let us pray.

[All reTerently bowing the head or derontly kneeluig.]

^ Here the Minister may offer prayer in his own words, or
read the Litany ; or the Service may proceed as follows :

Minister. O Lord, show thy mercy upon us ;

People. And grant us thy salvation.

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts
within us;

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit from
us.

^ TTien shall be said the Collect for the day, and, after that, the
Collects and Prayers following ; the People responding tvith
"Amen."

MORNING RRAYER. 7

The Second Collect^ for Peace.

f\ GOD, who art the author of peace aud
lover of concord, in knowledge of whom
standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect
freedom ; grant us, thy servants, we humbly
beseech thee, that peace which the world can
neither give nor take away ; that we, who in all
onr dangers rely on thy goodness, may under
thy fatherly protection be defended against all
adversities, and evermore rejoice in thy blessed
service, through our Lord Jesus Christ Amen.

The Third Collect, for Grace.

f^ LORD, our heavenly Father, almighty and
everlasting God, who hast safely brought
us to the beginning of this day ; defend us in
the same with thy mighty power; and grant
that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into
any kind of danger; but that all our doings
may be ordered by thy governance, to do always
that which is righteous in thy sight, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

^ ITien the following Prayers and Intercessioni.
For the President and Civil Authorities.

f\ LORD, our heavenly Father, the high and
' mighty Ruler of the Universe, who dost

8 MORNING PRAYER.

from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon
earth ; most heartily we beseech thee with thy
favor to behold and bless thy servant, the Pres-
ident of the United States^ and all others in
authority ; and so replenish them with the grace
of thy Holy Spirit, that they may always incline
to thy will, and walk in thy way: endue them
plenteously with heavenly gifts : grant them in
health and prosperity long to live; and after
this life to attain everlasting joy and felicity,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Far the Christian Church.

. A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, from
whom Cometh every good and perfect gift ;
send down upon all Ministers of the gospel, and
all Congregations committed to their charge, the
healthful spirit of thy grace ; and that they may
truly please thee, pour upon them the continual
dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O God, for
thy great love in Jesus Christ. Amen.

For all Conditions of Men.

r\ GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all
^^^ mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all
sorts and conditions of men ; that thou wouldest
be pleased to make thy ways known unto them.

MORNING PRAYEft. Q

thy saving health unto all nations. More espe-
cially we pray for the good estate of the Church
Universal ; that it .may be so guided and gov-
erned by thy good Spirit, that all who profess
and call themselves Christians may be led into
the way of troth, and hold the faith in unity of
spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness
of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly
goodness all those who are any ways afflicted or
distressed^ in mind, body, or estate ; that it may
please thee to comfort and relieve them accord-
ing to their several necessities, giving them par
tience under their suiferings, and a happy issue
out of all their afflictions. And this we beg
for thy mercy's sake in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

A OenercH Thanksgiving,

A LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we
thine unworthy servants do give thee most
humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness
and loving-kindness to us and to all men. We
bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all
the blessings of this life; but above all, for
thine inestimable love in the redemption of the
world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means
of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we

10 MOENING PRAYEB.

beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy
mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly
thankful, and that we may show forth thy praise,
not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by ^v-
ing up ourselves to thy service, and by walking
before thee in holiness and righteousness all our
days, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

H Then shall be sung a Hymn^ taken from the Collection.

^ After the Sermon^ a Hymn shall he sung by Choir and Con"
gi'egalion : and after that^ the Minister shall say the ftjllouh
ing:

Concluding Prayer,

A LMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace
at this time with one accord to makis our
common su|)pIicatious unto thee, and hast espe-
cially encouraged us by thy beloved Son, our
Lord Jesus Christ, to make known unto thee
our humble requests: fulfil now, O Lord, the
desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be
most expedient for them ; granting us in this
world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world
to come life everlasting. Amen.

rriHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Am^n.

TBI

OKDER FOR EVENING PRAYER.

^ The Minuter shall begin the Evening Prayer by reading
one or mare of the foUowing Sentences of Scripture ; all
standing.

T^ROM the rising of the sun unto the going
down of the same, the Lord's name is to
be praised.

Let our prayers be set forth in his sight as
an incense : and the lifting up of our hands, as
an evening sacrifice.

God, who commanded the light to shine out
of darkness, hath shined in our hearts : to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the
mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you
in due time: casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for you.

12 EVENING PRAYER.

If Then the Minister shaR say :

"r\ EARLY beloved, we are assured that the
Lord is nigh uuto them that call upon him,
unto all who call upon him in truth. I do
therefore invite as many as are here present to
unite with me in common prayer to our heav*
enly Father, that he, of his fulness and infinite
good-will, would graciously bestow upon us
those needed mercies and comfortable gifts,
which we are emboldened to ask in Christ, who
is the Way ; giving thanks unto God through
him.

If Tlie Minister shall then say the following Prayer ; all rever-
ently bowing down^ or kneeling, and the People responding
with "Amkn."

/^ GOD, who by thy dear Son hast consecrated
unto us a new and living way into thy holy
presence ; grant to us, we beseech thee, the as-
surance of thy mercy, and sanctify us by thy
heavenly grace ; that we, approaching thee with
a pure heart and undefiled conscience, may offer
unto thee a sacrifice in righteousness, and cel-
ebrate thy blessed name in the faith and spirit of
thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

% Then the LonTs Prayer, to be said by Minister and People.

/^UU Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be
tliy name. Tliy kiugdom come. Thy will

EVEOTNG PRAYER. 13

be done on earth, as ""it is in heaven. Give us
this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
tnspasses, as we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not into temptation ;
Vut deliver us from evil : For thine is the king-
d<Hn, and the power, and the glory, forever and
ever. Amen.

^ Then the Minister shali say :

. O LfOrd, open thou our lips ;

People, And our mouth shall show forth thy
prmse.

^ Here all standing up^ the Minister shall say :

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invis-
ible, the only Wise God ;

People. Be honor and glory through Jesus
Christ, forever and ever.

Minister. Praise ye the Lord.

People. The Lord's name be praised.

f Then shall be sung thefoUomng, or some other Anthem*

T WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from
whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the Lord, who hath
made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

14. EVENING PRAYER.

Behold, he that keepeth his people shaD
neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy
shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the
moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil :
he shall preserve thy soul.

The Lord shall preserve thy ,going out and
thy coming in, from this time forth, and even
for- evermore.

If Then shall be read the First Lesson, taken out of the Old
Testament; or, instead, one of the Sklectioms of Psalms,

^ Then shall he sung the following Psalm :

"DRAISE the Lord, O my soul; and all that
is within me, praise his holy name.

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not
all his benefits ;

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine
infirmities ;

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and
crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness.

O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that
excel in strength ; ye that fulfil his command-
ment, and hearken unto the voice of his word.

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye ser-
vants of his that do his pleasure.

EVENING PRAYER 15

O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of
his, in a]l places of his domiuion. Praise thou
the Lord, O my soul.

5 Then shall be read the Second Lesson, taken out of the New
Test€mienL

f Afier thaty shall he sung the follotcing Psalm ; or, instead^
some other Song of Praise.

f\ BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands ; serve
the Lord with gladness, and come before his
presence with a song.

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God ;. it is he
that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are
his people and the sheep of his pasture.

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiv-
ing, and into his courts with praise ; be thankful
unto him, and speak good of his name.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is ever-
lasting ; and his truth endureth from generation
to generation.

f Then the Minister shall say :

The Lord be with you ;
People. And with thy spirit.
Minister. Let us pray.

\ Here the Minister may offer Prayer in his oum words, or
read the Litany ; or the Service may proceed as follows :

Minister. O Lord, show thy mercy upon us ;
People. And grant us thy ssdvation.

16 EVENING PRAYER.

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts
within us;

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit froai
us.

^ Then shall be said the Collect for the day, and, after thai^
the Collects and Prayers following.

A Collect for Peace.

/^ GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good
^^^ counsels, and all just works do proceed ;
give unto thy servants that peace which the
world cannot give ; that both our hearts may
be set to obey thy commandments, and also that
by thee we being defended in every hour of
danger, may pass our time in rest and quietness.
Amen.

A Collect for Aid against aU Perils.
i^ LORD, our heavenly Father, by whose
^"^ almighty power we have been preserved
this day ; by thy great mercy defend us from
all perils and dangers of this night, for the
love of thy only Son oar Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Afnen.

5 Then the following Prayers and Intercessions.
For the President and Civil Authorities.

/^ LORD, our heavenly Father, the high and
mighty Ruler of the Universe, who dost

EVENING PRAYER I7

from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon
earth ; most heartily we beseech thee with thy
iavor to behold and bless thy servant the Presir
dent of the United States^ and all others in
aathority ; and so replenish them with the grace
of thy Holy Spirit, that they may always incline
to thy will, and walk in thy way : endue them
plenteously with heavenly gifts : grant them in
health and prosperity long to live; and after
Hm life to attain everlasting joy and felicity,
diroogh Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ForAe Chrintian Church.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, from
whom Cometh every good and perfect gift :
send down upon all Ministers of the gospel, and
all Congregations committed to their charge, the
healthful spirit of thy grace ; and that they may
truly please thee, pour upon them the continual
dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O God, for
thy great love in Jesus Christ. Amen.

For all Conditions of Men,

f\ GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all

mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all

sorts and conditions of men : that thou wouldest

be pleased to make thy ways known unto them.

18 EVENING PRAYER.

thy saving health unto all nations. More espe-
cially we pray for the good estate of the Church
Universal: that it may be so guided and gov-
erned by thy good Spirit, that all who profess
and call themselves Christians may be led into
the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of
spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness
of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly
goodness all those who are any ways afflicted or
distressed, in mind, body, or estate : that it may
please thee to comfort and relieve them accord-
ing to their several nere<»8ities, giving them pap
tience under their sufferings, and a happy issue
out of all their afflictions. And this we beg
for thy mercy's sake in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

A General Thanksgiving.

A LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies,
we thine unworthy servants do give thee
most humble and hearty thanks for all thy good-
ness and loving-kindness to us and to all men.
We bless thee for our creation, preservatibn, and
all the blessings of this life : but above all, for
thine inestimable love in the redemption of
the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the
means of grace, and for the hope of glory.

EVENING PRAYER. 19

And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of
all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeign-
edly thankful, and that we may show forth thy
praise, not only with oar lips, but in our lives ;
by giving up ourselves to thy service', and by
walking before thee in holiness and righteousness
all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
AmetL

^ Then shall he sung a Hymn^ taken from the Collection.

5 Afrer the Sermon, a Hymn shall be sung by Choir and Con-
gregation : And after theU, the Minister shall say the /Mow-
ing:—

Concluding Prayer,

T^IRECT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with
"^ thy most gracious favor, and further us
with thy continual help ; that in all our works
b^run, continued, and ended in thee, we may
glorify thy holy name ; and finally, by thy
mercy, obtain everlasting life, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

rpHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.

ORDER FOR VESPERS.

1 The Minister shall begin Vespers by reading one or more of
thefoUowing Sentences of Scripture; all standing,

Tj^ROM the rising of the sun unto the going
down of the same; the Lord's name is to be
praised.

Let our prayers be set forth in his sight as
incense : and the lifting up of our hands, as an
evening sacrifice.

Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne
of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find
grace to help in time of need.

Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith
from God the Father and die Lord Jesus
Christ.

God, who commanded the light to shine oat
of darkness, hath shined in our hearts : to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the
mighty hand of God, that he may exalt in due

Y£SP£BS. 21

time; casting all your care upon him; for he
careth for you.

1 Then Ae Mmitter shall say:

O Lord, open thou our lips ;

People. And our mouth shall show forth thy
praise.

Mimater. O Lord, make haste to help us.

People. O Lord, make speed to help us.

Minister. O Lord, let thy mercy be shown
upon us ;

People. As we do put our trust in thee.

Minister. Praise ye the Lord.

People. The Lord's name be praised.

Y Then shaU he sung one of ihefoUomng Psalms,

BOXUM EST CONFITBRI.

TT is a good thing to give thanks unto the
Lord : and to sing praises unto thy name,
O Most Highest ;

To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the
Diorning : and of thy truth in the night-season ;

Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon
the lute : upon a loud instrument, and upon the
harp.

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through

22 VESPERS.

thy works: and I will rgoice in giving praise
for the operations of thy hands.

Globia Patri.
To he sung at the close of tMs, and every Psalm,
Glory be to the Father, Almighty God,
through Jesus Christ our Lord;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be, world without end. Amen.

DoMiNUS RBorr mb.
nnHE Lord is my shepherd: therefore can I
lack nothing.

He shall feed me in a green pasture: and
lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.

He shall convert my soul : and bring me
forth in the paths of righteousness for his
name s sake.

Yfea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou
art with me ; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.

Thou shalt prepare a table before me against
them that trouble me: thou hast anointed my
head with oil, and my cup shall be full.

But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall fol-
low me all the days of my life: and I will
dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

V£SP£BS. 23

5 After (he Psalm, the Minister shaU say :

The Lord be with you ;
People. And with thy spirit.
Minister. Let ns pray.

[AH iBTerently bowiDg down.]

TITE humbly beseech thee, O Father, merci-
fully to look upon our infirmities; and
for the glory of thy name turn from us all those
evils that we most righteously have deserved;
and grant that in all our troubles we may put
our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy,
and evermore serve thee in holiness and pure-
ness of living.

People. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy
people.

f\ GOD, merciful Father, that despisest not
the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the de-
sire of such as be sorrowful ; mercifully assist
our prayers that we make before thee in all our
troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress
Qs; and grant that we thy servants may ever-
more give thanks unto thee in the holy Church
of thy Son Jesus Christ.

People. Grant us thy peace, O Lord.

24 YESPERa

r\ GOD, our heavenly Father, we give thee
humble and hearty thanks for all the bene-
fits and blessings, both spiritual and temporal,
which in the riches of thy great mercy thou hast
poured down upon us; but esp^ially for thy
spiritual blessings. Lord, let us not live but to '
praise and magnify thy great goodness. Grant,
we beseech thee, that all our thoughts, words,
and works may tend to the discharge of our
duty, the good of our fellow-men, and the ad-
vancement of thy Son's kmgdom on earth.
Amen.

r\ LORD Most High, with thy whole Church
throughout the world we especially give
thanks to thee for all thy saints departed; and
for the hope of future joy in the resurrection of
the just. O let the cloud of witnesses, the in*
numerable company of those who have gone
before and entered into rest, be to us an example
of godly life : even now may we rejoice in their
happiness ; and with patience may we so run
the race that is set before us, as to have an en-
trance administered abundantly into thy heavenly
presence, to be united with them and the Lord
Jesus Christ. Amen.

VESPERS. 25

i^ THOU Father of our spirits, who art
always more ready to hear than we to
pray : often in the midst of our daily business
may we lift up our hearts to thee ; and grant,
we humbly beseech thee, that those whom thou
dost refresh with thy presence may, by a life
well pleasing to thee, show their love and grati-
tude, as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ.
Amen.

r\ BLESSED God, who neither slumberest
nor sleepest, take us into thy gracious keep-
ing for this night ; and make us mindful of that
night when the noise of this busy world shall be
heard by us no more. O Lord, in whom we
trust, help us by thy grace so to live that we
may never be afraid to die, and grant that at the
last as now our even-song may be: I will lay
me down in peace, and sleep, for thou. Lord,
makest me dwell in safety. Amen,

1 Then shall he sung a Vesper Hymn, or Sacred Song (unan-
nounced), giving devout and audiMe words with a melody
that touches the heart.

1 After thai shall be read one of the Selections of Psalms,
in verses, alternately, by Minister and People ; all standing.
The reading will end with this Doxology :

£6 VESPERS.

Minister. Now unto the King eterna], im-
mortal, invisible, the only Wise God ;

People. Be honor and glory, through Jesus
Christ, forever and ever,

^ Then shall be read a lesson from the Sacred Scriptures. At
the close of which the Minister shall say: — Here endeth
the Scriptural lesson: and this VeMper Psalm shall he sung:

G

DeUS MI8EREATUR.

OD be merciful unto us, and bless us : and
show us the light of his countenance, and
be merciful unto us ;

That thy way may be known upon earth:
thy saving health among all nations.

Let the people praise thee, O God : yea, let
all the people praise thee.

O let the nations rejoice and be glad : for
thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern
the nations upon earth.

Let the people praise thee, O God : yea, let
all the people praise thee.

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase :
and God, even our own God, shall give us his

God shall bless us: and all the ends of the
world shall fear him.

VESPERS.

«7

Otj tMtead of (he Pgclm, one of the foOomng Hymns may he

Gloria in Excblsis.

/^LORY be to God on high, and on earth
peace, good will towards men. We praise
thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify
thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory,
O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father
AlniTghty. O God, through thy only-begotten
Son Jesus Christ, Lamb of God, Son of the
Father, who taketh away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us. Through him that taketh
away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Through him that taketh away the sins of the
world, receive our prayer. Through him that
sitteth at the right hand of God the Father,
have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy ;
thou only art the Lord; thou only, in Christ,
with the Holy Ghost, art most high in thy
glory, O God our Father. Amen.

Yrnits ad he.

/^OM£ unto me all ye that labor and are

heavy kden : and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you : and learn of me.

For I am meek and lowly of heart : and ye

shall find rest unto your souls.

28 VESPERS.

For my yoke is easy : and my burden light.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto
you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you.

Let not your heart be troubled : neither let it
be afraid.

Bbatitttdeb.
T> LESSED are the poor in spirit : for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall
be comforted.

Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit
the earth.

Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst
after righteousness : for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall
obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall
see God.

Blessed are the peace-makers : for they shal
be called the children of God.

Blessed are they that are persecuted for right-
eousness* sake: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.

VESPERS. 29

COXE, TB DiSCOKSOLATK. P. M.

/^OME, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish ;
Come, at the shrine of God fervently kneel ;
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your
anguish ;
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,
Hope, when all others die, fadeless and pure ;

Here speaks the Comforter, in God's name
saying,
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.

Here see the bread of life ; see waters flowing
Forth from the throne of God, living and
pure;

Come to the feast of love ; come, ever knowing.
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.

T Here shtdl follow an Exposition or Address; tohich is de-
signed to occupy about fifieen minutes. At the close^ the
MiniMer shall say : — Let xu pray ; and the Silent Prayer
shall continue a minute or two; after which the hordes
Prayer shall he said or sung.

The Lord's Prater.
r^UR Father who art in heaven.
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.

aO V£SP£RS.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
them that trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation ;

But deliver us from evil :

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory,

Forever. Amen.

Y Then shall be sung a Parting Hymn of Peace^ ^ Choir

and Congregation.

Y After tshieh^ this Benedictitm shall be said; the C%otr cAon^

ing the ** Amen."

BSNBDICTION.

npHE peace of God, which passeth all under-
standing, the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
be with us all. Amen.

LITANY.

Minister.

f\ GOD, our heavenly Father, have mercy
upon as.

People. O God, our heavenly Father, have
mercy upon us.

Minister. O God, by thy Son Jesus Christ,
the Redeemer of the world, have mercy upon
US.

People. O God, by thy Son Jesus Christ, the
Redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us.

Minister. O God, by thy Holy Spirit, the
Comforter and Guide of mankind, have mercy
upon us.

People. O God, by thy Holy Spirit, the
Comforter and Guide of mankind, have mercy
upon us.

Minister. Forgive, O Lord, our manifold sins
and offences. We have erred and strayed from
thy ways; we have left undone those things
which we ought to have done, and have done
those things which we ought not to have done.
We pray thee to remove our transgressions from

32 LITANY.

us ; to assist our new desires, and, according to
thy promises in Jesus Christ, to save us with au
abundant salvation.

People. Save us, good Lord.

Minister. From all blindness of heart ; from
pride, vainglory, and hypocrisy ; from envy,
hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness ;

People. Good Lord, deliver us.

Minister. From all inordinate and sinful affec-
tions ; and from all deceits of the world and the
flesh;

People. Good Lord,' deliver as.

Minister. From all fury of the elements ;
from plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle
and murder, and death unprepared for;

People. Good Lord, deliver us.

Minister. From all sedition and civil discord ;
from all false doctrine and unbelief; from hard-
ness of heart and contempt of thy word and
commandment ;

People. Good Lord, deliver us.

Minister. In all time of our tribulation ; in
all time of our prosperity, and in the hour of
death ;

People. Good Lord, deliver us.

Minister. We beseech thee, O Lord, that it
may please thee to rule and guide and comfort

LITANY. 83

thy holy Charch universal ; to bring into the
way of troth all sach as have erred and are de»
oeived ; to send laborers into thy vineyard, and
to give saving power to the preaching of thy
word;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

Minister. That it may please thee to illumine
all Ministers of the gospel and teachers of truth ;
and to give to them, and to the people committed
to their charge, the needful spirit of thy grace,
and to pour out upon them the continual dew of
thy blessing ;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

Minister. That it may please thee to bless
and preserve all rulers and magistrates, and all
who are in authority over us, giving them grace
to execute justice and to maintain truth ;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

Minister. That it may please thee to bless all
sorts and conditions of men ; to make known
thy ways unto all people, thy saving health to
all nations;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

84 UTANY.

Minuter. That it may please tbee to give to
all thy people increase of grace, to hear meekly
thy word, to receive it with pure affecdoa, and
to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

Minister. That it may please thee to
strengthen such as do stand, to comfort and
help the weak-hearted, and to raise up those
who fail;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

Minister. That it may please thee to succor,
Iielp, and comfort all who are in any danger,
necessity, or tribulation ;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

Minister. That it may please thee to minister
unto such as are any ways afflicted or distressed
in mind, body, or estate, to comfort and relieve
them according to their need, giving them pa-
tience under their trials, and a happy issue out
of all their afflictions;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

Minister. That it may please thee to defend
amd provide for the fatherless and widows, and
all who are desolate and oppressed ;

LITANY. S5

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

Minister. That it may please thee to have
mercy upon all men ;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

Minister, That it may please thee to forgive
oar enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to
turn their hearts;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

Minister. That it may .please thee to give and
preserve to us the kindly fruits of the earth, so
that in due time we may enjoy them ;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good
Lord.

Minister. That it may please thee to sanctify
us by thy Holy Spirit, to make us perfect in
every good work, and to keep us blameless unto
the end ;

People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord,

Minister. The Lord bless us and keep us ;

People. The Lord cause his face to shine
upon us.

Minister. The Lord lift up the light of his
countenance upon us;

People. And give us peace.

PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS

UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,

TO BB USBD BBFORB TQB TWO FINAL PRAYBBS OF MOBNIKO AND
BTBNINO 8BBTIGB.

^ That we maij put our Trust wholly in God.

/"\ LORD God, thou art our refuge and our
^^^ hope : on thee alone we rest ; for we find
all to be weak and insufficient but thee. Many-
friends cannot profit, nor strong helpers assist,
nor prudent counsellors advise, nor the books of
the learned afford comfort, nor any precious sub-
stance deliver, nor any place give shelter, unless
thou thyself doth assist, strengthen, console, in-
struct, and guard us.

To thee, therefore, do we lift up our eyes ; in
thee, our God, the Father of mercies, do we put
our trust. Bless and sanctify our souls, that
they may become thy holy habitation, and the
scat of thine eternal glory ; and let nothing be
found in us displeasing in thy sight. Protect
and keep us amidst all dangers; and, accom-
panying us by thy grace, direct us along the
way of peace to thine everlasting home. Amen.

PRATERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. gfj

1 In Ttme of Trouble.
r\ GOD, tbou art our hope and our strength,
a very present help in time of need. Look
down npon us with thy fatherly pity, and give
OS hearts wholly resigned to thy divine will.
May we have such firm confidence in thy good
providopce as not to increase our trouble by our
own infirmities. Take from us gloomy forebod-
ings and a spirit of fear. Blessed be thy name,
oar sorrows are finite and temporal, less than
our sins, and infinitely less than thy mercies. O
may it be our great care to please thee, our
only fear lest we should sin against thee. Let
thy loving-kindness be our portion, thy Spirit
our guide, thy law the rule of our conduct ; and
so with patience may we wait till this cloud is
passed over. Amen.

T In Time of Mourning,

A LMIGHTY God, who governest all things
in heaven and on earth with infinite wisdom
and mercy, and dost encourage us to fly to thee
as our refuge in distress ; refresh thy sorrowing
children with the light of thy countenance, and
the consolations of thy Holy Spirit. Be thou
now to us, we humbly beseech thee, what thou
lovest to be, a Father to those who are in trouble

88 PRAYERS AND TUANKSGlVINGa

and a God of comfort to those who mourn.
Grant that we thy servants may not weep as
those who are without hope, nor complain of any-
thing but ourselves, nor desire anything but tliat
thy will may be done, nor do anything but what
is agreeable to thy holy word and commaudmeut.
O heavenly Father, when thou smitest i^, not
less than when thou pourest out blessings on
us, may our love to thee increase ; and when the
few years of our earthly pilgrimage are ended,
may we be gsithered to our fathers in thy peace,
and in the blessed hope of a joyful resurrection,
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

^ In THme of Adoersity,

f\ HOLY Father, help us to labor for those
enduring riches which consist in the knowl-
edge of thee, and in the glory of thy gracious
presence. Suffer us not, we pray thee, so to
limit thy power as to think that thou art not
now able to supply our real wants, though
blessings which we were wont to enjoy are
taken from us. Restrain, we beseech thee, our
desires; teach us willingly to submit ourselves
to thy wisdom. Let thy promises and provi-
dence be our storehouse ; let it be enough for us
to believe as we do, that, though we lose all we

PRAYERS AND THANKSGlVId76S. SQ

poesfsss, yeV inasmuch as thou hast once loved
OS in Christ, we shall never lose thy favor.
Through him be ascribed unto thee glory and
dominion, world without end. Amen.

Y 7%at toe ma^ cemndt those whom tee love to the Keeping of
our heavenly Father,

f\ LORD God of heaven and earth, for those
who belong to us may we neither be with-
out care, nor yet taken up with care, as if we
bad not thee to care for us. But let us assure
ourselves that thou wilt be our God, and the
God of our children ; and wilt not leave them
destitute of earthly blessings, for whom thou
hast provided an eternal inheritance. With this
con6dence may we go on our way with cheerful-
ness, fulfilling every duty as it arises, and leav-
ing all events trustfully to thee, our merciful
God and Father. Amen.

1 For a Fruitful Season: to he used in Spring.
/^ GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all
^^ things, who causest the grass to grow for
the cattle, and herb for the service of man ;
who bringest forth fruit out of the earth, and
dost bless the springing thereof; be pleased
graciously to look down from thy holy habitar

40 PRATERS AND THANKSGIVINGS.

tion in heaven upon us, thy people, and upon
the land wherein we dwell ; that both it may
become fruitful and yield its increase, and we
may grow in wisdom and in goodness, bring-
ing forth plenteously the fruit of good works,
as disciples of him who came to sow in us the
seeds of eternal life. Amen.

1 Thanksgiving for a Fruiifdl Season,

A LMIGHTY and eternal Lord God, who art
infinite in power and wisdom and good-
ness ; with hearts deeply sensible of thy tender
care and concern for us, we most humbly be-
seech thee to accept our tribute of thanks and
praise for the return of that joyous season in
which thou makest our fields to yield an abun-
dant increase. On thy fatherly protection and
kindness we will steadfastly rely for the supply
of our wants ; for thou carest for us. But, O
heavenly Father, while we rejoice in thy out-
ward bounty, do thou keep us ever mindful
that man's life consisteth not in the abundance
of the things which he possesseth : and grant
that we may not cease to labor more earnestly
for those everlasting blessings which thou hast
vouchsafed to us in thy beloved Son Jesus
Christ. Amen*

PKAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGa 41

^ AU Saints.

r\ ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together
all generations of the faithful in one com-
munion and fellowship, in thy Son Jesus Christ
our Lord ; grant us grace to follow thy blessed
saints in all virtuous and godly living; and
make us partakers with them of those unspeak-
able joys which thou hast prepared for them
that onfeignedly love thee. Amen.

1 7^« Ordination of Ministers.

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who
of thine infinite love and goodness hast
firmly established the Church of thy Son on
earth ; raise up, we beseech thee, a constant
succession of faithful Ministers ; and give them
grace to remember that the servants of the Lord
ought not to strive, but to be gentle to all, apt to
teach, patient, instructing in mee1<ness him that
opposeth. May they become examples to their
flocks in holy living, teaching not only by thrir
doctrine, but also by their practice. Thou, O
gracious Father, knowest what things are need-
ful for this high calling : multiply these gifts on
thy servants ; and crown their labors with thy
blessing, that the work of the great shepherd of
souls may prosper in their hands. Afnen.

42 PRAYERS AND 'mANKSGIVINGS.

T In Behalf of a Sick Person for whom the Prayers of the
Congregation are requested,

A LMIGHTY and ever-blessed God, our ref-
uge and our hope ; stretch forth, we pray
thee, thy healing hand on thy servant, for whom
in hi8 sickness our prayers are desired : but, O
heavenly Father, grant that he may so acknowl-
edge thy fatherly love in this and all his trials,
that whatsoever thou mayest appoint concerning
him, he may be wholly resigned to thy gracious
will. Amen.

^ In Time of General Sidbnen,
A LMIGHTY and ever-blessed God, in the
midst of life we are in death: of whom
shall we seek for succor but of thee, O Lord 1
Stretch forth thy hand, we beseech thee, and
turn from us this great sickness and mortality
with which we are now visited. But, O merci-
ful Father, as thou dost never chasten us but for
our good, may we be still more anxious for a
humble and teachable heart than for immediate
relief from bodily danger ; not doubting thy
desire to bring all our afflictions to a speedy and
happy end. In every time of trouble give us
grace, O Lord God, to help and comfort one
another in the spirit of thy son Jesus Christ
Ameii.

FEATERS AND THANKSGIVINGa 49
Y When General Health is restored.

"I)LESSED be thy goodness, O Lord, which
hath preserved so many of us alive in the
midst of ^ great mortality, and hath restored
health to our land. Thou hast been our refuge
and oar fortress, our God in whom we trust.
Grant, we beseech thee, that we may devote our
renewed strength to thee with increased zeal
and earnestness, as true disciples of thy Son
Jesus Christ. Amen.

1 In Time of War.

f\ LORD, our Creator and Preserver, who
bast made of one blood all nations of men
to dwell upon the face of the earth ; we cry to
thee in our distress, and beseech thee to look
down in mercy on the terrible conflicts which
are destroying the lives and estranging the
hearts of thy children. O breathe upon thy
peofJe the spirit of thy Son ; and grant that the
work of righteousness may be peace, and the
eflkct of righteousness quiet and assurance for-
ever. Amen,

T When Peace is restored.

T>LESSED be thou, O God, who stillest the
noise of the seas, the noise of their waves,

44 PRAYERS AND THANKS6I7INGS.

and the to mult of the people. We praise and
thank thee for our deliverance from those great
evils and dangers wherewith we were com-
passed; and we most earnestly beseech thee to
fill us with the spirit of kindness and forbear-
ance ; that no bitterness may ren)ain in our
liearts, and that we may lead henceforth a quiet
and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty,
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

T For this Nation,

A LMIGHTY God, who rulest over all the
nations of the earth, and on whose gracious
providence we depend evermore for preservation
and prosperity ; extend, we beseech thee, thy
paternal goodness to the people of this nation.
Our necessities and dangers are all known to
thee. Vouchsafe to guide us continually with
thy counsel, and strengthen us with thy power ;
and so direct and sanctify our hearts, that, look-
ing up to thee as our only safeguard and the
supreme author of all blessings, we may have
the unspeakable blessing of thy almighty pro-
tection and thy heavenly favor. Amen.

PRAYERS AND THANKiGIVINGS. 45

^ For aa Mankind.
1^1" OST gracious Father, let thy blessing rest
on every member of thy great human
family. May every one be a partaker of thy
gospel in Jesus Christ. Grant that the bright
beams of thy truth may shine upon those who
are walking in darkness; till all the kindreds
of thy people shall know thee, the only true
God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Afner^

RULES

TO KNOW WHEN THE FEASTS AND HOLY DAYS
BEGIN.

■•ilii*'

EASTER DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the
fint Sunday after the Full Moon, which happens upon or next
•fter the twenty-first day of March ; and if the Full Moon
happen upon a Sunday, Easter-day is the Sunday after,

ADVENT SUNDAY is always the nearest Sunday to
the thirtieth of November, whether before or after.

WHITSUliDAY, or Feast of Pentecost, is seven weeks
after Easter.

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR

first 0unbag in ^x>tnt

The Prrparation ov ths Patriarchs.

f\ GOD, the God of our. fathers, who in thy

wonderful providence hast made all ages

a preparation for the kingdom of thy Son ; we

thank thee for the morning light which thou

#* didst cause to shine in the holy patriarchs ; and

we beseech thee to make ready our hearts for

the brightness of thy glory, and the fulness of

thy blessings in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

Gospdf St Matt. xxi. 1. Epistle, Bom. xiiL 8.

0ecoub 0ttnba5 ^'^ ^bDrtit.

Thb Preparation of Moses.

r\ GRACIOUS Lord God, who by means of
thy servant Moses didst prepare the way
for one far greater than Moses, even thy own
best-beloved Son ; grant, we beseech thee, that
as in the infancy of our race thou didst govern
us by the laws of holiness, so now thou wilt

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 47

perfect within us that spirit of sonship, of which •
we have a spotless example in thy Son Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gogpelj St Lake xxi. 25. Epistle^ Rom. xy. 4.

Sijird Snnl^ag in ^l^vtnt.

Preparation of Prophecy.
A LMIGHTY Go<I, who by thy chosen proph-
ets didst warn the sinful, comfort the op»
pressed and sorrowful, and point onwards to
the glad days of thy kingdom ; grant that we,
whose eyes are blessed with the sight of thy
power and glory in Jesus Christ, may indeed
acknowledge that the Lord God omnipotent f^
reigneth, and devote ourselves to thee in holiness
and righteousness all our days. Amen.

Gospel, St Matt xi. 2. Epistle, 1 Cor* iv. 1.

Jbnrtl) Sunba^ in ^bDtnt.

John tub Baptist.
• A LMIGHTY God, by whose gracious prov-
idence thy servant John the Baptist was
sent to prepare the way of thy Son, our Saviour,
by preaching repentance ; make us so to follow
his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly re-
pent according to his preaching ; and, after his
example, constantly speak the truth, boldly re-

4,8 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR

buke vice, and patiently suffer for conscience*
sake. Amen.

Gospel, St John L 19. Eputle, PhiL iy. 4.

tfijristmas (ffne.
f\ GOD, who makest us to rejoice in the year-
\y celebration of the festival of Christmas ;
grant that we who thankfully receive thy best-
beloved Son may through him become thy faith-
ful children, and be admitted into thy kingdom
of light and glory forever and ever. Amen*

Gospel^ St. Luke ii. 1.

€i)ri9tma0 SDag.

/^RANT, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord
God, that, enlightened by the memory of
thy wonderful providence in the birth of Jesus
Christ, our eyes may be evermore fixed on thy
goodness ; which still graciously worketh to-
wards the accomplishment of thy promise, to
call at length all the earth to a true knowledge
of thee and thy glorified Son. Amen.
Or,

r\ ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,

from whom every good and perfect gift

proceedeth ; we thine unworthy servants, deeply

sensible of thy manifold and great mercies,

THE CHRISTIAK T£AB. 4.9

would bring to thee our united offering of praise
and thanksgiving, as for innumerable other
proofs of thy loving-kindness, so especially for
that wonderful event which laid the foundation
of all our Christian hopes. Grant that we may
with soch true joy celebrate this happy festival
of Christmas, as to be heartily disposed to strive
after that heavenly righteousness which thou
hast set before us in the life and gospel of thy
Son Jesus Christ. AmetL

Gospd, St John I 1. Epistle, Heb. L 1.

9l)e 0ttnbas afbr (2ri}rt0tma0.

T ORD our God, Source of all light and
truth, who didst send thy Son Jesus Christ
into the world that the world through him might
be saved ; grant, we beseech thee, that the light
of his doctrine and life may shine into our hearts,
and dispel our darkness, and direct our steps,
and lead us at last to the unspeakable glories and
felicities of thy heavenly kingdom. Amen.
Go$pd, St Luke ii. 15. Epistle, Gal. iv. 1.

o

Jir0t Siunbag in t|)c JJ'cm 13car.

GOD, our hearts as well as our times are
in thy hands; help us, we beseech thee.

50 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR.

with this new year to form new resolutions of
serving thee faithfully in the spirit of thy Son
Jesus Christ; that we may finish the work
which thou hast given us to do, and that our
earthly life may be the beginning of a blessed
eternity. Amen.

Gospel, St Matt xxt. 14. Epistle, 1 St Peter L 18.

Stronb SnnbaQ afkr (tri)rt0tma0.

r\ ALMIGHTY and eternal God, who by
thy Son Jesus Christ hast shown the care
thou takest of thy people ; cultivate, we beseech
thee, every branch of this thy vine, that it may
be more fruitful : let not the thorns of sin pre-
vail against us; but protect us by thy Spirit,
that we may bring forth the fruits of holy living,
to the glory of thy blessed name. Amen.
Gospel, St John xv. 1.

9II)irt Bunbag after (ffl)ri0lma0.

r\ LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to r6-
ceive the prayers of thy people who call
upon thee ; and grant that they may both per-
ceive and know what things they ought to do,
fmd fd$o may have grace and power faithfully to

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 51

fulfil the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Chspd, SU Luke ii. 41. Epistle, Rom. xii. 1.

Jbnrti) fiinnbas ^^^ Cijristmaa.
f\ GOD, our heavenly Father, who hy thy
best-beloved Son hast opened to us a foun-
tain of living water ; grant, we pray thee, that
we may so drink of this water as to be refreshed
in all our weariness of spirit, to be strengthened
for thy blessed service, and to have within us a
well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Amen.

Gospel, St John iv. 5.

Sxftl) Sunbag after (ill)ri0tma0.

r\ GOD, the Father of our spirits, who hast
^"^ vouchsafed to us, not only the bread which
perisbeth, but also that living bread which com-
eth down from heaven ; grant, we beseech thee,
that as thou hast wonderfully adapted the one to
our natural wants and appetites, so we may be
enabled to discern and experience the no less
wonderful adaptation of the other to the eternal
wants of our spirits ; and enjoy the fulness of
thy spiritual blessings in Jesus Christ. Amen.

Oospelj St. John ti. 32.

52 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR.

Siittl) 0ttn^as after ®t)ri0tma0.

f^ GOD, who kiiowest us to be set in the
midst of so many and great dangers that
by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot
always stand upright ; grant to us such strength
and protection as may support us in all dangers,
and carry us through all temptations, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Chspdf St. Matt viil 28. Epistle^ Bom. xiii. 1.]

J5n)cntl) Sunbag after (ffljrietmaa.

f\ LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy
Church and household continually in- thy
true religion ; that they who do lean only upon
the hope of thy heavenly grace may be defended
by thy mighty power, and at length received
into thy everlasting kingdom. Amen.

Gospel^ St Matt xiii. 24. Epistle^ Col. iii. 12.

(Sigljti) SunbaQ after (Sljridtma?.

f\ GOD, whose blessed Son was manifested
that he might destroy the works of dark-
ness, and make us the sons of God and heirs
of eternal life ; grant us, we beseech thee, that
having this hope we may purify ourselves even
as he is pure ; that, when we are called away

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. JlQ

from this world, we may be made like unto him
in his eternal and glorious kingdom. Amen.

Gospd, St. Matt xxiv. 28. Epistlej 1 St. John ill 1.

^tntl) 0nnl^a2 after (iri)ri0tma0.

f\ LORD, who by thy Son hast opened to us
a kingdom which is not of this world;
direct, we beseech thee, our lot in this life ao
cording to our hopes, if they are not displeasing
to thee; but if they are, O our God, we will-
ingly renounce them, and ask only to be made
the means of advancing thy Son's kingdom.
Amen*

Gaspdy St Matt xx. i. Epistle, 1 Cor. ix. 24.

Srnti) fiinnbas after (fltjristma?.
^TIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the zeal
of thy faithful people; that the yoke of
Jesus may become easy to them ; that their
Christian love may work all the miracles of
^race, till from grace it pass to glory, from
earth to heaven, from duty to reward, from the
weakness of a commencing and growing affec-
tion to the consummation of eternal charity and
a complete union with thy Son Jesus Christ.
Amen.

Gotptl, St Luke vin. 4. Epistle, 2 Cor. xL 19.

54 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR.

(Sltoenti) Snvibas^ after (([t)n0tma0.

f\ LORD, who hast taught us that all our
doings without charity are nothing worth ;
send thy Holy Spirit, and pour into our hearts
that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond
of peace and of all virtues,, without which who-
soever liveth is counted dead before thee. Amen.
Gospel, St. Luke xviil 81. Epistle, 1 Cor. xiii. 1.

SiDeift^ Snnl^aS after (tri)ridtma0.

/^ GOD, our heavenly Father, who in thy
Son Jesus Christ hast given us a perfect
pattern of holy living ; grant, we beseech thee,
that as he was tempted and yet without sin, so
by thy fatherly help and blessing we may be
enabled to resist and overcome the sins which
do most easily beset us, and may finish our
course with joy. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt vi. 16. Episde, Joel iL 12.

S^irteentlj SnnbaQ after (2[i)ri0tma0.

A LMIGHTY God, in whom our strength is
perfected in weakness; keep us both out-
wardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls ;
that we may pass our days in peace and quiet-

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. S5

ness, and be filled with the fruits of righteous-
ness, which are by Jesus Christ. Amen.

Gospel^ St. Matt. xv. 27. Epistle^ St James i. 2.

Jbnrtetnti) 0nnbas afttr (!ri)ri0tma0.

r\ LORD God, who givest power to the faint,
and to them that have no might increasest
strength; we pray thee to be to us a present
help in time of trouble : that, whereas through
manifold temptations we are sore hindered in
running the race that is set before us, thy boun-
tiful grace and mercy may speedily help and
deliver us, through him whom thou hast exalted
to be unto us a Prince and a Saviour. Amen.
Gospel, St Luke zL 14. Epistle, Ephes. v. 1.

Itftemti) 0ttnbas after C{)ridtma0.

"VTERCIFULLY pour into our hearts, O
Lord God, the grace of thy Holy Spirit,
that by sighs and tears we may wash away the
stains of our sins : and enable us to present our
bodies and souls to thee a pure and acceptable
oflfering, after the pattern of him who was well-
pleasiiig in thy sight. Amen.

Gospel, St John vi. 1 EpisUe, St James iy. 8.

56 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR.

Biirttmtl} Sunbaa after (ffljriBtmaa.
f\ GOD, who art great in name and in coun-
sel and powerful in thy works ; grant that
as members of thy Son's flock we may know
the voice of our Good Shepherd, and be led and
fed by him, until we be gathered together where
none can pluck us out of his hands. Amen.

Gospely St John viiL 46. EpisUe^ Heb. ix. 11.

9II)e 0unbas before ®oolif Jribag.

Palm Sunday.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of
thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent
thy Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the
cross, that all mankind should follow the exam-
ple of his great humility ; mercifully grant that
we may both follow the example of his patience,
and also be made partakers of his resurrection,
and dwell with him hereafter forever and ever
Amen.

Gospdj St Matt.xxvii. 1. Epistle, Phil. iL 6.

(Boob iriirag.

A LMIGHTY God, we beseech thee gracious-
ly to behold this thy family, for which thy
Son Jesus Christ gave himself up into the hand^

THB CHRISTIAN YEAR. gj

of widced men, and suffered death upon the
cross, that he might perfect his ministry of reo-
oociliation, and glorify thy merciful name, world
without end. Amen^

Or,

f\ GOD, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast
opened for us the passage to eternity ; vouch-
safe, we beseech thee, so to conform us by thy
grace, that in all things we may walk as true
disciples of him who gave himself for us, our
dearest Lord and Saviour. Amen.

Or, ^

f\ FATHER of mercies, whose purposes of
redeeming love were fulfilled by the death
of thy Son upon the cross ; grant that we, look-
ing to his obedience and sufferings, may be
changed to his image as by the Spirit of the
Lord ; and that by thy fatherly grace and bless-
ing we may be enabled to fulfil the condition of
Christian discipleship, — ^^ If any man will come
after me, let him deny himself, and take up his
cross, and follow me." Amen.

Gospel, St. John xix. 1. Epistle, Heb. x. 1.

(ffaattr <£x)m.

i^RANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized
into the death of thy blessed Son Jesus

58 'THE CHRISTIAN YEAR

Christ, 80 by continually mortifying our corrupt
affections we may be buried with him ; aod that
through the grave and gate of death we may
pass to our joyful resurrection, and behold him
face to face in the glory of his kingdom.
Amen.

At Morning Prayer, instead of the First Psalm, these Anthems

shaU be sung or said,

Rom. vi. 9, and 1 Cor. xv. 20.

Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no
more : death hath no more dominion over him.

For in that he died, he died unto sin once :
but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead
indeed unto sin : but alive unto God through
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Christ is risen from the dead: and become
the first-fruits of them that slept.

For since by man came death : by man came
also the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die: even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.

Now unto the God of grace : for the might
of his Spirit and the love of Christ;

Be glory in the Church throughout all ages:
worid without end. Amen.

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 59

A LMIGHTY God, who "through thy best-
beloved Son Jesus Christ hast overcome
death, and opened unto us the gate of everlast-
ing life ; we humbly beseech thee that as thou
dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy
continual help we may bring the same to good
effect, as humble but faithful disciples of Jesus
Christ. Amen.

Or^ instead of the Pscdm and CoUectj the following may he
used.

The Lord is risen indeed :

Hallelujah.

Christ is raised from the dead, and dieth no

more:

Hallelujah.

Now onto the God of grace : for the might
of his Spirit and the love of Christ;

Be glory in the Church throughout all ages :
world without end. Amen.

i^ GOD, who by the yearly solemnity of the
^^^ resurrection of our Lord fillest us with
joy ; mercifully grant that these temporal festi-
vals which we celebrate may help to prepare us
for those joys which are eternal. Amen*

60 '^HE CHRISTIAN YEAR.

Or,
r\ LORD God, who art the source of light
and every blessing; we would celebrate
with glad offerings of praise the resurrection of
thy Son Jesus Christ from the dead. Grant,
we beseech thee, that we who with reverence
would keep this glorious festival of Easter, may
happily arrive at thy everlasting joys, into which
he has entered as our forerunner. Arnen^.

Gospel^ St John xx. 1. Epistle^ Col. iii. 1.

Jirst Buttliag after CaaUr.

TTOLY and merciful Lord God, who multi-
pliest upon us the gifts of thy heavenly
grace ; grant that by the death of thy best-
beloved Son we may be enabled to bear our
crosses, and that by his resurrection we may
have good hope of a happy end to our earthly
pilgrimage. Amen.

Gospel^ St John xx. 19. Epistle^ 1 St John v. 4.

Beconir Bttnirag after (Kaster.

A LMIGHTY God, who hast given thy Son

our Saviour both to save us from sin and

to be unto us an ensample of godly life ; give

us grace that we may always most thankfully

THE CHRISTIAN YEAS. 61

receive that bis iDesdmable benefit, and also daily
endeavor ourselves to follow the blessed steps of
his most holy life. Amen.

Gatpd, Sl John z. 11. Epistle^ 1 St Peter u. 19.

9l)irlr JStinbag after (Sasttv.

ALMIGHTY God, who showest to them
"^^ that be in error the light of thy truth, to
the intent that they may return into the way of
righteousness ; grant unto all them that are ad-
mitted into, the fello^yship of Christ's religion
that they may eschew those things that are con-
trary to their profession, and f511ow all such
things as are agreeable to the same, through thy
grace in Jesus Christ thy Son. Amen.

Gospel, Su John xvi. 16. Epistle, 1 St. Peter IL 11.

Jbttrtl) Sunbaa after (Kaeter.

r\ ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order
the unruly wills and affections of sinful
men ; grant unto thy people that they may love
the thing which thou commandest, and desire
that which thou dost promise; that so, among
the sundry and manifold changes of the world,
our hearts may surely there be fixed where true

f$2 TH£ CHRISTIAN YEAR

joy8 are to be found, even on the kingdom and
promises of thy Son Jesus Christ. AmefL
Gospel, St John xvi. 5. Epistle, St. James L 17.

iifti) Sunbag after (ffastcr.

/^ LORD, from whom all good things do
come ; grant to us thy humble servants,
that -by thy holy inspiration we may think those
things that be good, and by thy merciful guid-
ance may perform the same, as true followers of
thy Son Jesus Christ. Amenl

Gospel, St John xvi. 23. Epistle, St James i. 22.

^0cen0i0n {Dag.

/^RANT, we beseech thee. Almighty God
that like as we do believe thy best-beloved
Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to have ascended
into the heavens ; so we may also in heart and
mind thither ascend, and with him continually
dwell in thy glorious presence, world without
end. Amen.

Gospel, St Mark xti. 14. Epistle, Acts L 1.

0tinl^aa after iJlBceneiott.

f\ GOD, the King of glory, who hast exalted
thy Son Jesus Christ with great triumph

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 63

mto thy kingdom in heaven ; we beseech thee,
leave as not comfortless ; but send to us thy
Holy Spirit to comfort us ; and exalt us into the
same place whither he has gone before, even into
thy own blessed and glorious presence, there to
dwell in fulness of joy forever and ever. Amen*
Gotpel^ St John xy. 26. Epistle, 1 St Peter iv. 7.

tDI)U-'0nnbaQ.

/^OD, who at this time didst teach the hearts
^"^ of thy faithful people, by sending to them
the light of thy Holy Spirit; grant us by the
same Spirit to have a right judgment in all
things, and evermore to rejoice in thy holy com-
fort. Amen.

Gospel, St John xiv. 15. Epistle, Acts ii. 1.
Or,

r\ ALMIGHTY and merciful God, who giv-
est unto thy people thy Holy Spirit as a
sore pledge of thy heavenly kingdom; grant
that thy Spirit may bear witness with our spirit,
that we are thy children and heirs of everlasting
life. Amen,

Or,
/TYRANT, we beseech thee, O Almighty God,
^^ that we who celebrate the gift of thy Holy

64 THE CHRISTIAN YKAB.

Spirit may, by thy heavenly inspiration, earnest-
ly thirst after the fountain of life, which thou
hast graciously opened to us in thy Son Jesus
Christ. Amen.

Or,

f\ GOD our Father, Author of every good
and perfect gift, who delightest above all to
impart of thine own ever-blessed Spirit; we
thank thee especially at this time for that glorious
event which, as on this day, gave life to the
Christian cause, and a powerful support to the
followers of thy holy Jesus. O may the devout
consideration of these benefits increase the grate-
ful fervor of our minds, and make us always so
ready and well-disposed to obey the godly mo-
tions of thy Holy Spirit, that, in all our trials
and difficulties here below, thy unerring wisdom
may be our guide, and the blessed communica-
tions of thy grace our never-ceasing consolation
and joy. Amen.

JivBt Sunbag after tDI)it-0ttniraa-

r\ LORD' our God, who by thy Son hao<

taught us that love is the fulfilling of the

law and of the gospel ; fill us, we beseech thee,

with the spirit of universal charity, that we may

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 65

hve thee above all, and our neighbor as our-
selves. Amen.

Gospd^ St. John liL 1. Epislle^ Bev. iv. 1.

Beconb Smiirag afttr tDljit-Sunbag.

f\ GOD, the strength of all them that put
their trust in thee, mercifully accept our
prayers ; and because through the weakness of
our mortal nature we can do no good thing
without thee, grant us the help of thy grace,
that in keeping of thy commandments we may
please thee both in will and deed ; after the ex-
ample of Jesus Christ thy well-beloved Son.
Amen.

Gospd^ St. Luke ztL 19« EpkHe^ 1 St John iv. 7.

ffil)irb Stittbag afttr tlll)it-0ttnbaa.

r\ ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father,
^^^ in thy goodness regard our prayers, and
free our hearts from the disturbance of all per-
verse and evil thoughts, that we may become a
fit abode for thy Holy Spirit. Amen.

Gaspely St Luke ziv. 16. Epistle, 1 St John iii. IS.

-fourtf) Sunbag after tDljit-Sunbag.

/^ LORD God, who hast made glorious the
name of thy Son Jesus Christ ; mercifully

66 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR.

grant us, we beseech thee, sach a participation
of his spirit, that we may even here possess rich
measures of his heavenly strength and comfort ;
and that hereafter we may be admitted to the
full joy of his blessed presence forever and
ever. Amen.

Gospel, St Luke xr. 1. Epistle^ 1 St. Peter t. 5.

JiftI) Suttbag after tUljit-Sunbaa.

f\ GOD, the protector of all that trust in
thee, without whom nothing is strong,
nothing holy ; increase and multiply upon us thy
mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide,
we may so pass through things temporal, that we
finally lose not those things which are etemaL
Amen.

Gospel, St. Lnke yl S6. Episde, Rom. viii. 31.

Stjrtl) SunboQ after tDi)it-'fiittnbas.

/^RANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the
^^^ course of this world may be so peaceably
ordered by thy governance that thy Church may
joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness, and
the kingdom of thy Son may prosper in all
lands. Amen.

Gospel, St Luke v. 1. Epistle, 1 St Peter iii. 8.

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR 67

0n)rntl) fiunbag after tUI)it-0unl^ag.

r\ GOD, whose promises exceed all that we
^^ coald desire or understand ; grant us, we
beseech thee, the greatest of all blessings, thy
love shed abroad in our hearts ; that we may
render to thee a ready and joyful obedience as
true disciples of thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen.
Gospel, St Matt t. 20. Epigtle, Bom. vi. 3.

€l)i)t^ Sttnbos afttr iDljU-Sunbas.

T ORD of all power and might, who art the
"^ author and giver of all good things ; graft
in oar hearts the love of thy name ; increase in
us true religion ; nourish us with all goodness ;
and of thy great mercy keep us in the same
diroagh Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Gogpdj St Mark vm. 1. Epistle, Bom. iri 16.

JTmtl) Stmbag after iDljit-Siinbatt.

T>L£SS£D Lord, who hast caused all holy
Scriptures to be written for our learning ;
grant that we may in such wise hear them, read,
mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by
patience and comfort of thy holy word we may
embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of

68 XH£ CHBISTIAN YEAB.

everlasting life, which thoa bast given us in our
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Oospel, St Matt viL 15. Epistle^ Bool viii. 12.

ffienti) 0anbag afUx iDI)it-0iinba2.

/^RANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the
spirit to think and do always such things as
be rightful; that we, who cannot do anything^
that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled
to live according to thy will as revealed to us by
thy Son Jesus Christ, Amen.

Gospely St Luko xvi. 1. Epistle, GaL vL 1.

CUuentl) ©unbag after iDljit-Sanbag,

ly/TERCIFUL God, we beseech thee to cast
thy bright beams of light upon the Church ;
that, being enlightened by thy most holy word,
we may so walk in the light of thy truth, that
we may at length attain to everlasting life.
Amen.

Gospelj St Luke xiz. 41. Epistle, 1 Cor. xii. 1.

STtuelftlj ©unl^ag after iDljit-Buubag.

f\ GOD, who declarest thy almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy ; mercifully

Til£ CHRISTIAN YEAR. 69

grant anto us snch a measure of thy grace, that
we may run the way of thy commandments, and
be made partakers of thy heavenly blessedness,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gagpelj St Luke zviii. 9. Epistle^ I Cor. xy. 1.

(Eljirtetntl) finnbas after toljit^-Btmbog.
A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art
always more ready to hear than we to
pray, and art wont to give more than either we
desire or deserve ; pour down upon us the abun-
dance of thy mercy ; forgiving us those things
whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us
those good things which we are not worthy to
ask, but through thy great love revealed to us
by Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospelj St Mark viL SI. Epistle, 2 Cor. iiL 4.

SonxUtn\i) Snnbag after tUI)it-0tjnlra2.

A LMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose
only gift it cometh, that thy faithful people
do unto thee true and laudable service; grant,
we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve
thee in this life, that we fail not to attain the
heavenly inheritance which thou hast set before
us by thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

Goipd, St Luke x. 2S. Epiade, 1 The». t. 14.

70 ^I^HE CHRISTIAN YEAR.

SxfUtntl) Suxita^ after tDI)tt^0nnbag.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, give
unto us the increase of faith, hope, and
charity ; and may we not only obtain that which
thou dost promise, but also love that which thou
dost command, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Gospel^ St Luke zvii. 11. Epistle, 1 Cor. iil. 16.

diittetntl) ^nnbog after tDI)tt'-6nnbas.

f\ GOD, who by thy Son hast opened the
kingdom of heaven to all mankind, and
welcomed them into it as dear children ; raise
up, we beseech thee, an increasing number of
faithful teachers, to spread abroad the blessed
and glorious light of thy gospel, till it shall
shine throughout the world. Amen.

Gospel, St Matt vi. 24. Epistle, Rev. ii. 1.

debenteentl) Snuiag after tDtjit-^Stntbas.

r\ MERCIFUL God, who art a Father to
^^ all thy people ; grant that thy holy gospel
may be proclaimed in the uttermost parts of the
earth, gladdening the hearts of all who hear it ;
and, O blessed Lord, so fetch thy wanderers

THE CHRISTIAN Y£AB. Jl

home to thy flock, that there may be one fold
under one shepherd. Amen.

Gospel^ St. Luke tiL 11. Epistle^ Ephes. iiL 18.

<Stgt)ttenti) fiinnba^ afttr tDijtt-'Sttnbas.

f\ TENDER and merciful Father, who dost
sustain those who suffer for righteousness'
sake, and hast made the blood of the martyrs the
seed of the Church; grant, we beseech thee,
that we may readily make the sacrifices that
may be required of us for the good of mankind,
and that all our sufferings may be sweetened by
that love of thee which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord. Amen.

Gospdf St Lake xiy. 1. Epistle^ Epbes. iy. 1.

STmttttnti) Snnbag after tDljit-0ttnba3.

f^ GOD, who art the fountain of all holiness ;
g^ant unto thy servants grace to follow thy
blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living ;
that we may with them come to those unspeak-
able joys which thou hast prepared for them
that love thee and keep thy commandments.
Ajnen.

Goipely St Matt zxii. 84. EpigOe^ 2 Ck>r. iv. 13.

«72 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR

Siotntteti) Sttttbatt afUr tDljtt-fiiunbas.
r\ ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy
^^^ Church upon the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the
head corner-stone ; grant us so to be joined to-
gether in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that
we may be made a holy temple acceptable unto
thee. Amen.

Gospel, St Matt ix. 1. Epistle, Epbes. Iy. 17.

(KtDentB-firBt StJitbag after lDI)it-'SiunbaB,
r\ ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of
thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech
thee, from all things that may hurt us ; and so
prepare our spirits, that we may accomplish
whatsoever thou desirest of us, and approve our-
selves in thy sight as humble disciples of thy
Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

Gospel, St Matt xxii. 1. Epistle, 2 St Peter i. 2.

StDfntg-^Becoitb SianlKtQ after tUI)it-0tinbaB.
f\ HOLY Father, give us a lively view of
heaven by the eye of faith ; and so raise
our minds thither that we may always have our
thoughts, our desires, and our conversation
there, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Gospel, St John iv. 46. Epistle, Ephes. id. 10.

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 73

fttMnto^l^ird Stntbag after U)))tt^0unbas.

/^IVE US grace, O Lord, to endeavor to do
tfiy will with the same diligence and in-
dastry, the same zeal and cheerfulness, as thy
blessed angels do it in heaven ; that, imitating
tfaar exemplary obedience and unspotted purity
while we are in this life, we may be permitted
to be fellow-workers with them in thine ever-
lasting kingdom. Amen.

Gospel, St Matt xviiL 21. Epistle, Phil. L 8.

Sments^fottrt^ Sitnbag after lDI)it-'$ttnbas.

f\ GOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who at his coming didst send thy messenger
to prepare his way ; grant that the ministers of
thy word may likewise so prepare and make
ready his way, by turning the hearts of the dis-
obedient to the wisdom of the just, that we
may all be found acceptable in thy sight, and
diat there may be one family in heaven and on
the earth. Amen.

G^wrpc/, St Matt xxii. 15, Epistle, St Jnde 17.

Stotntg-'fiftl) fiiunban after iDI)tt-'0nnbas.

/^ HOLY and ever-blessed God, teach us to
love one another with pure hearts fervently ;

74 THE CHRISTIAN TEAK

to exercise forbearance and forgiveness towards
our enemies; to recompense no man evil for
evil, but to be merciful as thou, Father in heaven,
art merciful ; that in the spirit of thy Son Jesus
Christ we may follow after thee as dear childreiu
Amen.

Gospel, St Matt ix. 18. EpMe, Colas. L 8.

STromtg-Birtl) Sunbag after tD^it-gunbag.

A LMIGHTY and ever-living God, grant us,

we beseech thee, a constant renewal of thy

Holy Spirit and of thy manifold gifts, till we

grow to the full measure of our perfection in

Jesus Christ. Amen.

Gospel, St John x. 22. Epistle, Jer. zziiL 5.

THE DIVINE LAW.

The Minister, at such dimes as he may elect, shall read the Ten
Commandments ; and the People, reverently bowing the head^
or decouUy kneeling^ shall, after each Comtnandment, ask
God's mercy for their transgressions for the time past, and
grace to keep the lam for the time to come, asfoUoweth.

Minister.

C^ OD spake these words, and said, I am the
^^ Lord thy God : Thou shalt have none other
gods but me.

PecpU. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.

Mimster. Thou shalt not make to thyself any
graven image, nor the likeness of anything
that is in heaven above, or in th^ earth beneath,
or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not
bow down to them, nor worship them : For I
the Lord thy God am a jealous God ; and visit
the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto
the third and fourth generation of them that
hate me; and show mercy unto thousands in
them that love me, and keep my commandments.

76 THE DIVINE LAW.

People* Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain : For the Lord will
not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in
vain.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Remember that thou keep holy the
Sabbath-day. Six dajrs shalt thou labor, and do
all that thou hast to do ; but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou
shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son,
and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy
maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is
within thy gates. For in six days the Lord
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that
in them is, and rested the seventh day : where-
fore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hal-
lowed it

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Honor thy father and thy mother,
that thy days may be long in the land which the
Lord thy God giveth thee.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.

THE DIVINE LAW. «jy

Mmater^ Thoa ahalt do no murder.

People. Lord, have mercy apon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shall not commit adultery.

People* Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.

Mmister. Thou shalt not steal.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.

Mmister. Thou shak not bear false witness
against thy neighbor.

People* Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
dine our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou dialt not covet thy neigh-
bor s house, thou shalt not covet thy neigh-
bor's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor
his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is his.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write
all these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech

thee.

^ Then the Minister may $ay :

Hear also what oor Lord Jesus QiriBt Baith.

'T'HOU shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
fXi thy mind : This is the first and great com-
mandment. And the second is like unto it;
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On

78 THE DIVINE LAW.

these two commandments hang all the law and
the prophets.

Y On Whit-Sunday the Minister shall also read the Law of
the Holy Spiritj as follows :

TF ye love me, keep my commandments. And

I will pray the Father, and he shall give you

another Comforter, that he may abide with you

forever ; even the Spirit of truth ; whom the

world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,

neither knoweth him ; but ye know him ; for he

dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

If a man love me, he will keep my words :
and my Father will love him, and we will come
unto him, and make our abode with him. He
that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings : and
the word which ye hear is not mine, but the
Father's that sent me.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptiz-
ing them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost : teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded
you : and lo ! I am with you alway, even unto
the end of the world.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the communion of the Holy
Spirit, be with us all. Amen.

THE BEATITUDES.

WITH RESPONSES, TO BE SAID BY THE PEOPLE.

A ND seeing the multitudes, he went up into
a mountain : and when he had sat down,
bis disciples came onto him. And he opened
his mouth, and taught them, saying.

Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.

TJie Lord is nigh unto them that are of a
broken hearty and saveth suck as be of a contrite
spirit.

Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall
be comforted.

This is my comfort in my affliction ; for thy
word hath quickened me.

Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit
the earth. .

The meeJc will he guide in judgment^ and the
meek will he teach his way.

Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst
after righteousness : for they shall be filled.

He shall receive blessing from the Lordy and
righteov,sness from the God of his salvation.

80 THE BEATITUDES.

Blessed are the merciful : for they shall ob-
tain mercy*

He that irusteth in the Lardy mercy shall
compass htm about

Blessed are the pare in heart : for they shall
see God.

Create in me a clean heart, 0 God, and renew
a right spirit within me.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall
be called the children of God.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is /or
brethren to dwell together in unity.

*Blessed are they that are persecuted for
righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven.

The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord:
he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Blessed are ye, when they shall revile you,
and persecute you, and shall say all manner of
evil against you falsely, for my sake.

The angel of the Lord encampeth around
them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Rejoice and be exceeding glad ; for great is
your reward in heaven : for so persecuted they
the prophets who were before you.

Blessed be t/ie Lord the God of Israel, from
everlasting and to everlasting: Amen, and
Amen.

OFFERINGS OF CHAEITY.

^ Tobe used wUh Responses Jrtmi the Organ or Choir^ when
Ae Coniributions of the People for the Poor^ or for any
Chariijf, are taken up.

T ET your light so shine before men, that
"^ they may see your good works, and glorify
yowr Father who is in heaven. St. Matt v. 16.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
eardi, where moth and rust do corrupt, and
where thieves break through and steal ; but lay
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neidier moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor steal. St
Matt. vi. 19, «0.

Whatsoever ye would that men should do
unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is
the law and the prophets. St Matt. vii. 12.

Not every one who saith unto me. Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he
who doeth the will of my Father who is in
heaven. St. Matt vii. 21.

82 OFFERINGS OF CHARITY.

He who soweth little shall reap little ; and he
who soweth plenteously, shall reap plenteouslj.
Let every man do according as he is disposed in
his heart ; not grudgingly, or of necessity ; for
God loveth a cheerful giver. S Cor. ix. 6, 7-

While we have time let us do good unto all
men, and especially unto those who are of the
household of faith. Gal. vi. 10.

Godliness is great riches, if a man be content
with that he hath ; for we brought nothing into
the world, neither may we carry anything out.
1 Tim. VI. 6, 7.

Charge those who are rich in this world, that
they be ready to give, and glad to distribute ;
laying up in store for themselves a good foun-
dation against the time to come, that they may
attain eternal life. 1 Tim* vi. 17-19.

God is not unrighteous, that he will forget
your works and labor that proceedeth of love,
which ye have showed for his name's sake, who
have ministered unto the saints, and yet do min-
ister. Heb. vi. 10.

To do good, and to distribute, forget not ; for
with such sacrifices God is well pleased. H^.
xiii. 16.

Whoso hath this world's good and seeth hia
brother have need, and shutteth up his compaa*

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sion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in
him ? 1 St. John iii. 1?.

Give alms of thy goods, and never turn thy
fiM^e from any poor man ; and then the face of
the Lord shall not be turned away from thee.
Tob. iv. 7.

Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast
much, give plenteously ; if thou hast little, do
thy diligence gladly to g^ve of that little ; for so
gatherest thou thyself a good reward in the day
of necessity. Tob. iv. 8, 9-

He who hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto
the Lord ; and look, what he layeth out, it shall
be paid him again. Prov. xix. 17-

Blessed is the man who provideth for the sick
and needy; the Lord shall deliver him in the
time of trouble. Psalm xli. 1.

I have shown you how that ye ought to sup-
port the weak, and to remember the words of
the Lord Jesus, how he said, it is more blessed
to give than to receive. Acts xx. 85.

Blessed are the merciful ! for they shall ob-
tain mercy. St Matt. v. 7«

Verily I say unto you. Inasmuch as ye have
done it unto one of the least of these my breth-
ren, ye have done it unto me. St. Matt. xxv.
46.

84 OFFERINGS OF CHARITY.

God is love; and be that dwelleth in love
dwelleth in God, and God in him. 8 8t John
iv. 16.

By this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples, if ye have love to one another. St.
John xiii. 85.

SPECIAL SERVICES.

TH£ OBDEB OF THE ADMOnSTRATtON OF

TBE LORD'S SUPPER, OR HOLY COMMUNION.

f Tke Service may he preceded by reading the Ten Command"
ments and Offertory; or, instead of the Commandments^
especially on the Sundays after Easter^ the Beatitudes may
he read. Then the Minister, standing by the Lords TMe^
skaSL say one or more of the following sentences. .

T>L£SS£D are they that do hunger and thirst
after righteousness : for they shall be filled.
Matt. V. 6.

Oar Lord Jesus Christ said, My Father giv-
eth you the true bread from heaven. For the
bread of God is he who cometh down from
heaven, and giveth life unto the world. I am
the bread of life : he that cometh to me shall
never hanger ; and he that believeth on me shall
never thirst. John vi. 93,^ 88, 85.

And the Spirit and the Church say, Come.
And let him that heareth say. Come. And let
him that is athirst come. And whosoever will^

86 HOLY COMMUNION.

let him take the water of life freely. Bev. xxii.

17.

By one Spirit are we baptized into one body,
and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Being many we are one, being partakers of one
bread. 1 Cor. xii. 13; x. I7.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock : if any
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will
come in to him and will sup with him, and he
with me. Mev. iii. 20.

Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for us:
therefore let us keep the feast, not with old
leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and
wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. v. 7? 8.

Our Lord Jesus Christ said, Abide in me,
and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit
of itself, except it abide in the vine, no more can
ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are
the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for
without me ye can do nothing. John xv. 4, 5.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a
man lay dowTi his life fpr his friends. Ye are
my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not servants ; for the ser-
vant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I have

HOLY COMMUNION. 87

called yoa friends; for all things that I have
heard of my Father, I have made known unto
yoo* John xv. 18-15.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt xi.
28.

God 80 loved the world, that he gave his only-
begt>tten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John iii. 16.

Y Then the Minister shall say :

T^EARLY beloved brethren, we come to this
table to testify, not that we are righteous,
bat that we sincerely love the Lord Jesus Christ,
and wish to become his true disciples. Ye,
therefore, who do truly and earnestly desire to
learn of the Saviour, and to cooperate in the
study and practice of his religion; who would
live in love and charity with your neighbors, and
would grow in the Christian Life, draw near
with faith, and take this holy ordinance to
your comfort, and make your humble confes-
sion to Almighty God.

T Then shall this general Confession he made hy Minister and
People ; all humbly bowing down, or devoutly kneeling,

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father;
we humbly acknowledge our weakness, and

gg HOLY COMMUNION.

the sins which we from time to tioie have most
grievously committed, by thought, word, and
deed, against thy great goodness, against oar
Master, Jesus Christ, against our own souls, and
against our brethren. Have mercy upon us,
most merciful Father. Comfort and help us.
Raise our hearts up to thee in beaten, and suffer
us no more to wander upon earth. In the name
of thy beloved Son, we beseech thee to forgive
us all that is past ; and g^nt that we may ever
hereafter serve and please thee, in newness of
life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Y Then shall the Minister say this Prayer :

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who
of thy great mercy hast promised forgive*
ness of sins to all those who with hearty repent-
ance and true faith turn unto thee, have mercy
upon us; pardon and deliver us from all our
sins ; confirm and strengthen us in all goodness ;
and bring us to everlasting life, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

^ Then shall the Minister say :

Hear what words of comfort our Saviour saith unto
all who desire his help.

/^0M£ unto me, all ye who labor and are

heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

So God loved the world, that he gave his

HOLY COMMUNION. 89

oidy-begotteB Son, to the end Aat a)I who be-
fiere in him should not perish, but have everlast-
ing life.

Hear, also^ what St Paal saitb.
This is a true saying, and worthy of all men
to be received, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners.

Hear, also, what St. John saith.
If any man sin, we have an advocate with
the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is
the propitiation for our sins.

Lift np your hearts.

Answer. We lift them np unto the Lord.
Minister* Let us give thanks unto our
God.

Answer. It is meet and right so to do.

Minister. It is very meet, right, and our
bonnden duty, that we should at all times, and
in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord,
Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God.

^ Here may foUon) the proper Prtfacty if there be any spe^
dally appointed ; or else immediately may follow (Minister
and People together) :

THEREFORE with angels, and archangels,
and with all the company of heaven, we

90 HOLY COMMUNION.

laud and magnify thy glorious name ; evermore
praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy. Lord
God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy
glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord, most high.

]J)roper |)reface0.

Upon Christmas Day. jm

T3ECAUSE thou didst send thy Son into the
world, that the world through him might
be saved. Therefore with angels, &c.

Upon Easter Day.

T>UT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for
•"^ the glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus
Christ our Lord ; for he was offered for us, and
is the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins
of the world ; who by his death hath destroyed
death, and by his rising to life again hath r^
stored to us everlasting life. Therefore with
angels, &c.

Upon Ascension Day.
nPHROUGH thy most dearly beloved Son
Jesus Christ our Lord ; who, after his most
glorious resurrection, manifestly appeared to all
his apostles, and in their sight ascended up into
heaven to prepare a place for us ; that where he
is, thither we might also ascend, and reign witJi
him in glory. Therefore with angels, &c.

HOLY COBOfUNION. Ql

Upon Whil-Sunday.

npHROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord ; accord-
ing to whose most true promise, thy Holy
Spirit was poured forth upon the apostles, to
teadi diem, and to lead them to all truth ; giving
them both the gift of divers languages, and also
boldness, with fervent zeal, constantly to preach
the gospel unto all nations, whereby we have
been brought out of darkness and error into the
dear light and true knowledge of thee, and of
diy Son Jesus Christ Therefore with angels,
See.

f T^hen aihall the Minister read the following words :

X HAVE received of the Lord that which also
I delivered unto you. That the Lord Jesus,
the same night in which he was betrayed, took
bread : and when he had given thanks, he brake
it, and said. Take, eat : this is my body, which
IS broken for you : this do in remembrance of
me. After the same manner also he took the
eop, when he had supped, saying, This cu[) is
the new testament in my blood : this do ye, as
oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For
as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this
cap, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.
1 Cor. xi. S3-26.

92 HOLY COMMUKION.

Minister. The Lord be with you.
People. And with thy spirit.
Minister. Let us pray.

Y The Minister may (hen offer prayer in his awn words, or say
the Prayers foUowing; all humbly bowing down^ or devaudp
kneeling.

'UATHER of our spirits; mindful of Christ's
life and teachings, his death upon the cross,
his resurrection and ascension, and his seat at
thy right hand, we come to partake of this
bread and this wine in remembrance of him»
We beseech thee to sanctify them and us : and
may we who thus eat of one bread and drink of
one cup be made one with each other in the fel-
lowship of the same Holy Spirit, and one with
thee and thy dear Son.

And in this our communion we desire to re-
member, and beseech thee to remember and
bless, the multitudes of every name who are
joined with us in one household of faith, our
brethren and sisters in Christ throughout the
world.

We remember those who have fallen asleep in
Christ, and in the joyful hope of resurrection
unto eternal life.

We remember the fathers from the beginning
of the world ; the patriarchs, prophets, apostles^

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martjrrs, and all who have wrought righteous-
ness.

We remember all such as journey ; all who
are in sickness or distress ; and we would for-
give our enemies, if there be any who have
wished or done us ilL

We remember the whole family of man ; be-
seeching thee that the spirits of all flesh may
taste of thy grace, and that the ends of the earth
may see tfie salvation of God.

And unto us, O Lord God, vouchsafe such
guidance, that as Christians and blameless we
may spend the remainder of our lives.

Accept, O holy and ever-blessed Father, these
our supplications. May our offerings find favor
in thy sight, and be as an odor of spiritual in-
cense. Amen.

Y Here shall he sung a Communion Hymn, or a Hymn ap-
pointed for Vespers, unannounced*

^ Then shall the Minister, having first received the Communion
in both kinds himself, proceed to deliver the same to Uie
People. And when he delivereth the bread, he shall say :

Take and eat this in remembrance of Jesus
Christ : and feed on him in thy heart by faith,
with thanksgiving.

94 HOLY COMMUNION.

f And the Minister who deliveretk the Cup, shall say:

Drink this in . remembrance of Jesus Christ,
and be thankful.

Y When ail have received the Communion, the Lord's Prayer
shall be said by Minister and People; all humbly bowing
down, or reverently kneeling,

f\iJSi Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will
be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us
this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil : For thine is the king-
dom, and the power, and the glory, forever and
ever. Amen.

Y Then the Minister shall say this Prayer :

A LMIGHTY and ever-living God, we most
heartily thank thee, for that thou dost
vouchsafe to feed us with spiritual food; and
dost assure us thereby of thy favor and good-
ness towards us ; and that we are heirs, through
hope, of thy everlasting kingdom. And we
most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father,
so to assist us with thy grace, that we may con-
tinue in that holy fellowship, and do all such

HOLY COMMUNION. ^

good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk
in; through Jesus Christ our Lord, through
whom to thee be all honor and glory, world
without end. Amen.

^ Then may be said or sung, all standing, Gloria in bx-
C£i^is, or some proper Hymn from the Selection.

f^ LORY be to God on high, and on earth
^^ peace, good-will towards men.

We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship
thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for
thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King,
God the Father Almighty.

O God, through thy only-begotten Son Jesus
Christ, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who
taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy
upon us.

Through him that taketh away the sins of the
world, have mercy upon us. Through him that
taketh away the sins of the world, receive our
prayer. Through him that sitteth at the right
hand of God our Father, have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy; thou only art the
Lord; thou only, in Christ, with the Holy
Ghost, art most high in thy glory, O God our
Father. Amen.

96 HOLT GOMMUBIOH.

f nen 0^ Minister tHudl let ike People depart ioft& Oil

fTlHE peace of God, whith passeth all under-
standing, keep yoar hearts and minds in the
knowledge and love of God, and of his Son
Jesus Christ our Lord: and the blessing of
God Almighty be amongst you, and remain
with you always. Amen.

ARTICLES OF FAITH.

IT As declared by the Clergy and Laity of the Untoersalist Church
of the United Slates of America^ assembled in Convention at
iVinchester, in the State of New Hampshire^ in Uie year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred arid three :

Article i. We believe tliat the Holy Scriptures of the
Old and New Testaments contain a revelation of the charac-
ter of God, and of the duty, interest, and final desdnation of
mankind.

Art. n. We believe that there is one God, whose nature
is love ; revealed in one Lord Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit

of grace ; who will finally restore the whole family of man-
kind to holiness and happiness.

Art. III. We believe that holiness and true happiness are
inseparably connected ; and that believers ought to be careful
to m^ntain order and practise good works ; for these things
are good and profitable unto men. ^

THE MINISTRATION

OF

BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

f When the Child has been brought forward to the AUoTj the
Minister may read as foUwss^from the Gospel of St. Mark,

rilHEY brought young children to Christ, that
he should touch them; and his disciples
rebuked those that brought them. But, when
Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said
unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto
me, and forbid them not; for of such is the
kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Who-
soever shall not receive the kingdom of God as
a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he
took diem up in his arms, put his hands upon
them, and blessed them.

f He may then use the following, or some other suitable Eao-
hor lotion:

1ITY brethren, in our treatment and regard
of children, we ought to partake of the
spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ. We should
by no means despise or neglect them; but by
gentleness and watchful care, do all that we can

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98 BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

to bring them into the fold of the Good Shep-
herd. That God may bless our efforts in so
doing, let us now pray.

^ TTien may be offered thefoUotoing Prayer.

A LMIGHTY and most merciful God, we
"^^ give thanks unto thee, that by thy good-
ness we have been brought to the knowledge of
Jesus Christ, and to faith in him. We bless
thee for the kind and encouraging words which
he spoke, and for his tender compassion towards
those whom he came to save ; that he did not
suffer little children to be driven away from his
presence, but took them in his arms and blessed
them. And now that we have brought to thy
altar this little one, we pray that thou wilt guide
and direct us, while we consecrate him to thee
and to thy service. Wilt thou grant that this
Baptism of Water may be the type and the
earnest of the purifying influences of thy Holy
Spirit, by which alone the soul can be regen-
erated and saved. This we do humbly ask,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen*

^ The Minister may then say to the Parents or Guardians of
the ChUd:

II) Y the act of bringing this Child here at this
"^ time, you express in the most solemn man-

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ner your desire and resolve to instruct him in
the gospel of Christ, and in every way to do
what lieth in you to enable Jdm to resist sinful
inclinations and to keep God s holy will and
commandments.

Y Then the Minister shall take the Child into his arms, and
shaU say to the Parents or Guardictns:

Name this Child.

f yarning the Child, he shall apply the Watery saying :

I baptize thee, in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

f Then shall follow this Benediction :
fTlHE God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ bless and shelter thee ; and through
his Son, and by his Holy Spirit, aid thee in
infirmities, comfort thee in sorrow, guide thee
into all truth, and at length receive thee into
his heavenly presence. Amen.

f In Choirs, or places tehere they sing, here shall follow f tin-
announced) an appropriate Hymn. After toAicA, the Bene"
diction:

fllHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and

the love of God, and the fellowship of the

Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.

THE MINISTRATION
or

BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ABE OF RIPEB YEAES.

^ When those who wish to be baptized have come forward to
the Altar, the Minister shall read as follows ; aU those who
are present standing up :

A ND Jesus came and spake to his disciples,
"^^ and said, All power is given unto me in
heaven and earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost ;
teaching them to do whatsoever I have com-
manded you ; and lo, I am with you even unto
the end of the world.

f Then shall be said this Exhortation:

IITY brethren, now that we are about to obey
this command, which is with so great au-
thority enjoined upon us, let us seek a blessing
from Grod, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

f Then the Minister may say :
Let us pray.

BAfnSBi OF THOSE OF RIPSB YEARS. IQl

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, we
"^ give thee humMe s^nd hearty thanks,, that
thou hast vouchsafed to eall us to the knowledge
of thy grace and to faith in thee. Increase this
knowledge and confirm this faith in us evermore,
that we may be enabled to mortify all our evil
and corrupt affections, and daily to proceed in
all virtue and godliness of living, till we come
to that eternal kingdom which thou hast prom-
ised through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Y Then the BUntBter shall speak to the persons to he baptized on
this wise :

^TTELL-BELOVED, who have come hither
to receive holy Baptism : you know what
divine help has been promised to all who seek
it ; how our Lord Jesus Christ hath said. Ask,
and ye shall receive ; seek, and ye shall find ;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Re-
nouncing, therefore, the fellowship of evil, will
you endeavor to learn of Jesus Christ, and co-
operate in the study and practice of his relig-
ion!

f Then the persons dbonU to he haptizod shaU severally amwer :
It is my desire and prayer to be enabled so
to do.

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f In administering the Ordinance of Baptism, the Minister
shall say:

T BAPTIZE thee, in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

f He shall cdso pronounce this Benediction :
A ND I pronounce upon thee the blessing
"^^ which God commanded his servant of
old; saying:

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee ; the Lord
make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious
unto thee; the Lord lift up his countenance
upon thee, and give thee peace. Amen.

Minister^ Our help is in the name of the
Lord ;

Answer. Who hath made heaven and earth.
Minister. Blessed be the name of the Lord ;
Answer. Henceforth, world without end.
Minister. Lord, hear our prayers ;
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.

Let 118 pray.

/^UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will
be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us
this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass'

BAPTISM OF THOSE OF RIPER YEARa 103

against us. And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

T ORD of all power and might, who art the
author and giver of all good things ; graft
in oar hearts the love of thy name ; increase in
ns true religion ; nourish us with all goodness,
and of thy great mercy keep us in the -same,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

f Then shall be sung a Hymn of welcome, unannounced^
f Then shall be said this Benediction :

rilHE peace of God, which passeth all under-
standing, keep our hearts and minds, through
Jesus Christ. Amen.

A CATECHISM

TO BE LEARNED BY EVERY YOUNG PERSON.
Question,

TXTH AT is your name 1
Answer. M. or iV.

Question. Who gave you this name ?

Anstver. My parents, when I was baptized,
or dedicated to a Christian life.

Question. What did they then desire and pray
for you ]

Answer. That I might shun everything that
is evil ; that I might receive and love Christ as
my Saviour; follow him as my Example, and
obey him as my divine Teacher, and partake of
his' blessed Spirit.

Question. Do you wish to confirm their pray-
ers for you ?

Answer. Yes ; and I trust to be able by
God's blessing so to do.

Question. What are the Articles of your be-
lief?

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AnstDtr,

T BELIEVE in One God the Father Al-
mighty, the Maker of all things :

And in Jesus Christ his Son our Lord, who
is the true Teacher, Example, and Saviour of
uien«

I believe in the Holy Ghost: the Holy
Church: the forgiveness of sins: the resurreo*
don from the dead : the certainty of. retribution,
and the life everlasting.

Question. What do you particularly learn in
these Articles of your belief?

Answer. First, I learn to brieve in God the
Father, who hath made me and all things.

Secoudly, in die Son of God, Jesus Christ,
who hath redeemed me, and all mankind.

Thirdly, in the Holy Spirit, the Comforter
and Sanctifier, which is from God.

Fourthly, in the forgiveness of my sins, when
I am truly sorry for, and do heartily repent of
the same.

Fifthly, in the resurrection from the dead:
that is, at death, my soul will be disengaged
from my material body, and raised up in a spir-
itual body, that it may grow and act in freedom
in the world of spirits.

Sixthly, in the certainty of retribution, or the

106 A CATECHISM.

punishment due to sin : that is, for all the sins
which I commit I must suffer the consequences,
either in this world, or in the world of spirits.

Question. Does God's forgiveness immedi-
ately remove all the consequences of sin 1

Answer. No, Forgiveness immediately re-
moves only one of the consequences or penalties
of sin : viz., the sense of the Divine displeasure,
or the feeling of " alienation " from God, and
everything which separates me from his love,
whether the obstacle be on my part, or on the
part of my heavenly Father.

Question. What is the second natural conse- .
quence of sin'!

Answer. A bad, or depraved character, which
results from the practice of evil.

Question. Will forgiveness ever remove this
consequence of sinl

Answer. Yes : Not immediately, but medi-
ately and indirectly, by imparting new energy
to the moral nature, and by creating a power of
grateful affection in my soul, which will enable
me to form new habits of virtue.

Question. Will the opportunity of a right
choice be denied the soul after it enters the
world of spirits?

Answer. No. The relations of the human

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107

spirit to God, the Divine Spirit, are not changed
by death. Wherever and whenever the soul
heartily repents, and turns to God, he will mer-
dfolly hear and bless.

Question. Which are the ten commandments 1

Answer. The following:

1. Thou shalt have none other gods but
me.

£. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven
images, nor worship them.

8. Thou $halt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain.

4. Thou shalt remember the Sabbath-day to
keep it holy.

5. Thou shalt honor thy father and thy
mother.

6. Thou shalt do no murder.

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

8. Thon shalt not steal.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness agdnst
thy neighbor.

10. Thou shalt not covet anything that is
thy neighbor's.

Question. What do you chiefly learn in these
commandments 'i

Answer. I learn two things : my duty towards
God, and my duty towards my neighbor.

108 A CATECHISM.

Question. What is your duty towards God ?

Answer. My duty tovi'ards God is, to believe
in him, and to love him with all my heart,
with all my mind, with all my soul, and with
all my strength ; to worship him ; to give him
thanks ; to put my whole trust in him ; to call
upon him ; to honor his holy Name and his
Word ; and to serve him truly all the days of
my life.

Question. What is your duty towards your
neighbor ?

ATiswer. My duty towards my neighbor is, to
love him as myself, and to do to all men as I
would they should do unto me.

Question. How will you be able to keep these
laws?

Answer. By diligent attention and watchful-
ness not to do anything which is forbidden ; and
by prayer to God to help my weakness.

Question. Can you repeat the Lord s Prayer 1

Answer. Yes. Our Father who art in heav-
en, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is m
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them
that trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation ; but deliver us from evil : For thine

A CATECHISM. lOQ

is ihe kaogdom, and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen.

Question, What do you learn in this prayer %

Answer. That God is to be adored and loved
as my heavenly Father; that all things neces-
sary for my life and comfort are his gift ; that
he will be merciful unto me, and forgive my
sins ; that he is able to save and defend me in
aU danger both of soul and body.

Question. How many sacraments are there in
the Church 1

Answer. Two : Baptism and the Lord s Sup-
per.

Question. What means the word sacrainent ?

Answer. An outward and visible sign of an
ioward and spiritual grace.

Question. What is the outward sign in bap-
tism ]

Answer. Water, which is used either by dip-
ping the person in it, or pouring or sprinkling
it upon him; and the Minister at the same time
sayings I baptise thee^ in the name of the Fatlier^
and of ihe Son^ and of the Holy Ghost

Question. What inward grace does this out-
ward sign represent]

Answer. A death unto sin, and a new spirit-
oal birth unto righteousness.

no ^ CATECfflSM.

Question. What is required of persons to be
baptized I

Answer. Repentance of all their sins, and
faith in Christ as their Saviour.

Question. Why then are infants baptized 1

Answer. That their parents may bind them-
selves to train them up to a Christian life, and
as children of God.

Question. For what was the ordinance of the
Lord's Supper ordained ?

Answer. To be a continual remembrance of
him ; of all he did and said ; of his sufferings,
his death, his resurrection ; and of all the bene-
fits which the world enjoys in the completion of
his mission on earth.

Question. What are the outward signs of this
ordinance 'i

Answer. Bread and wine.

Question. What is the signification of these
elements 1

Answer. They are to represent the body and
blood of Christ ; and while we eat of them, we
are in holy remembrance to feed upon the bread
of life which he gives to the world.

Question. What ought all to do before com-
ing to this supper?

Answer. They ought seriously to examine

A CATECHISM. HI

themselves ; to repent of their sins, and stead-
fastly to purpose to lead a new life ; to have a
lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, with
a thankful remembrance of his death; and to
be in charity with all men.

Question. What do you understand the Church
of Christ to be ?

Answer. The fellowship or society of all
Christians, visible or invisible.

Question. What is the visible Church, and
what is the invisible 1

Answer. The visible Church consists of all
who profess the name of Christ ; and the invis-
ible Church consists of all who are at heart
diildren of God, even the blessed company of
all faithful people, having the fellowship of the
Spirit.

ORDER OF CONFIRMATION,

OB, ADBOSSION TO THE COMMUNION.

f Those about to he Confirmed, that is, to receive the Comtnufy-
ion of the Church, shall have first received the Sacrament
of Baptism ; if not in infancy, or at some subsequent period^
then now. To any such persons^ standing in order before
the Minister, he shall say :

"PVEARLY beloved, you have come hither to
"^ receive the consecration of the Church,
and to renew the solemn vow made at your
baptism. Renouncing, therefore, the fellowship
of evil, will you endeavor to leam of Jesus
Christ, and cooperate in the study and practice
of his religion 1

^ Each of those about to be confirmed shall audtbly answer :

It is my earnest desire and prayer to be en-
abled so to do.

^ The Minister shall then say :

TDELOVED in the Lord, on this your open
"^ aud voluntary confession of Christ, I wel-

THE ORDER OF CONFEELMATIOK. 118

eiNne you to the communion of bis Churcb.
And may God tbe Fatber grant that this union,
formed on earth,' may be continued in heaven,
and fit OS for the fellowship of the saints in
light.

Receive the blessing of the Church.

i Then those about to be confirmed kneeling at the AUar, the
Minister may lay his hand upon the head of every one, seV"
eraUyf saying :

T^EFEND, O Lord, this thy child with thy
heavenly grace, that he may continue thine
forever, and may daily increase in thy Holy
Spirit more and more, until he come unto thy
everlasting kingdom. Amen.

Y Then the Minister shaU say :
The Lord be with you.
Answer. And with thy spirit.
Minister. Our help is in the name of the
Lord ;
Ansteer. Who hath made heaven and earth.
Minister. Blessed be the name of the Lord ;
Answer. Henceforth, world without end.
Minister. Lord, hear our prayers.
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.

1 Then the Lords Prayer to be said after the Minister; all
reverently bowing, the headj or kneeling.
S

Il4f THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION.

/^UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed
^^^ be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. And forgive os
our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil : For thine is the king-
dom, and the power, and the glory, forever and
ever. Amen.

^ Then shall the Minister say the following Collects:

ALMIGHTY and ever-living God, who
"^^ makest us both to will and to do those
things that be good and acceptable unto thy
divine Majesty; we would offer our humble
supplications unto thee for these thy servants
who have made a public profession of the Chris-
tian faith, and expressed their earnest desire and
prayer to be enabled to fulfil their duties as dis-
ciples of Jesus Christ. Let thy fatherly hand
ever be over them : let thy Holy Spirit ever be
with them : guide and help, strengthen and
sanctify them, we beseech thee; that, by the
living, bond of obedience and charity, they may
be united to thee and thy beloved Son. Amen.

T ORD of all power and might, who art the
author and giver of all good things ; graft

THE ORDEE OF CONFIRMATION. 115

m oar hearts the love of thy name ; increase in
us trae religion ; nourish us with all goodness,
aod of thy great mercy keep us in the same,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

1 Then shaU follow this Benediction:

rpHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and .the
love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.

1 Here may foUow a hymn of welcome, or a hymn of peace^
unannounced.

THE FOBM
or

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

1 The persons to he married and (heir friends being assembled,
the Minister shall say :

TP^EARLY beloved, we are gathered together
"^ here in the sight of God and in the face
of this company, to join together this Man and
this Woman in holy matrimony; which is an
honorable estate, instituted of God; adorned
and sanctioned by Christ's presence at the mar-
riage of Cana of Galilee ; and set forth and
commended in the Christian Scripture as inno-
cent and honorable to all who engage in it not
unadvisedly or lightly, but reverently, discreetly,
and soberly, with purity of heart, and in the
fear of God. Therefore, if any man can show
just cause why these two may not laMrfully be
joined together, let him now speak, or else
hereafter forever hold his peace.

^ nen speaking to the persons about to he married, the Man
standing at the Woman*s right hand, the Minister shall say :

T REQUIRE and charge you both, as ye
will answer before him who knoweth the

SOLEBCNIZATIQN OF MATRIMONY. HJ

secrets of all hearts, that if either ^t you know
any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully
jcMoed together in matrimony, ye do now con-
fess it.

^Jfno wq)edimeai he aOeged, the Minister shaU tay to the
Man:

lUf WILT thoa have this Woman to thy

* wedded wife, to live together after God s
ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony]
Wilt thou lore her, comfort her, honor, and
keep her in sickness and in health, so long as
ye both shall live?

Y The Man shaU <Mnoer :
I will.

Y Then duM the Minister say to the Woman:
'KT WILT thou have this Man to thy wedded

• husband, to live together after God's
ordbance in the holy estate of matrimony?
Wilt thou love him, comfort him, honor, and
keep him in sickness and in health, so long as
ye both shall live?

Y The Woman shall answer :

I wai.

^ T^en ahaU the Minister say :
Who giveth this Woman to be married to
this Man ?

lis SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

^ 7%en ^aU they gwe their Jhtth to each other in thi$ man*
ner: — The Minister , receiving the Woman at her father's or
friend's hand^ shall cause the Man with his right hand to
take the Woman by her right hand^ and sag after him as
foUoweth :

T M. take thee If', to my wedded wife, to
have and to hold, from this day forward,
for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in
sickness and in health, to love and to cherish,
till death do us part, according to God's holy
ordinance : and thereto I plight thee my troth.

^ Then shall they loose their hands, and the Woman^ toith her
right hand taking the Man by his right hand, shall likewise
say after the Minister:

T N. take thee M. to my wedded husband,
to have and to hold, from this day forward,
for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in
sickness and in health, to love and to cherish,
till death do us part, according to God's holy
ordinance: and thereto I give thee my troth.

1 77ie Minister, having received the Ring from the Man, shall
deliver it back to him, to put it upon the fourth finger of the
Woman's left hand. 7%is being done, and the married
persons again joining hands, the Minister shall say :

fTlHIS Ring is consecrated as the token and

pledge of your mutual truth and affection ;

and worn upon the hand of the woman becomes

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. UQ

the accepted symbol of that spiritual union
which it is the office of marriage to secure.
And by it yon declare yourselves husband and
wife, according to God's holy ordinance.

Y T%e Hmhand and Wife shall severally answer:
We do.

^ Then the Minister shall say:
Tj^ORASMUCH as M. and N. have con-
sented together in wedlock, and have wit-
nessed the same before God and this company,
and thereto have engaged and pledged them-
selves to each other, and have declared the
same, by giving and receiving a ring, I pro-
nounce them henceforth Husband and Wife.

^ Then the Minister shall join their right hands together^ and
say:

Those whom God hath joined together, let
DO man put asunder.

Y Then the Minister shall say:
Let us praj.
r\ ETERNAL God, giver of all spiritual
grace, send thy blessing upon thy servants,
whom we bless in thy name. Enable them to
perform the covenant which they have now
made in thy presence. May they dwell together

IgO SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

in peace and love, in holiness and oomfort ; in
the Christian faith, and in the practice of all
Christian virtues. Bless, preserve, and keep
them; fill them with all spiritual benediedon
and grace; that they may so live together in
this life, that in the world to come they may
enter into the life everlasting. We ask this in
the name, and as the disciples of Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

Y Then the Minister shall say this Benediction :

ITIHE peace of God, which passeth all under-
standing, keep our hearts and minds through
Jesus Christ. Amen.

THE ORDER

FOB

THE VISITATION OF THE SICK.

Y The MinisUr may begin wUh saying :

T)£ACE be to this house, and to all that
dwell in it.

^ Hken ihe Minister may exhort the Sick Person after one of
these forms^ or in any other that he may think suitable.

TTiEARLY beloved, you are persuaded that
neither sickness nor crosses come by chance
to any one.

Bat you believe that it is God who sendeth
them, without whose Providence they fall not
on us.

You acknowledge God to be most wise, and
to suffer nothing to befall us but for our good.

Acknowledge, therefore, that this his present
visitation is for your benefit, and say in your
heart:

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right,
and that thou, of very faithfulness, hast caused
me to be troubled.

122 VISITATION OF THE SICK.

r^EARLY beloved, you know and confess
"^ that God beareth the affection of a father
towards his children. You know also that a
father, whether he dote upon his child, or
whether he chasten him, continueth a father in
both cases; and loveth him in the one no less
than in the other^

Think the same of God, as touching your*
self: that while he gave you good days, he
loved you ; and that now he sendeth you some
evil, he loveth you still ; and would not have
sent you this evil, but to be a cause unto you of
greater good ; that, being called home thereby,
you might be at peace.

1" Then shall the Minister^ kneeling down^ say the two Prayers
following,

f\ LORD, look down from heaven: behold,
visit, and relieve this thy servant. Look
upon htm with the eyes of thy mercy ; give him
comfort and sure confidence in thee; support
him under all the trials of his present sickness ;
relieve his pains, if it seem good in thy sight ;
and keep him in perpetual peace and safety
through thy great loving-kindness in Jesus
Christ. Amen.

XTEAR us, almighty and most merciful God
and Saviour : ei^tend thy accustomed good-

VISITATION OF THE SICK. Igg

oess to this tbj servant who is grieved with
sickuess. Sanctify, we beseech thee, this thy
fatherly correction to Mm : that the sense of his
weakness may add strength to Ms faith, and
seriousness to kU repentance ; that, if it shall be
Ay good pleasure to restore him to his former
health, he may lead the residue of his life in thy
fear and to thy glory ; or else give him grace so
to take thy visitation, that, after this life is ended,
he may dwell with thee and with thy glorified
Son in life everlasting. Amen.

1 Or, instead of these two Prayers, <me of the following,

f\ LORD, gracious and merciful, dispose the
heart of thy servant, we beseech thee, to
receive with all meekness this gentle and fatherly
correction which thou hast laid upon him ; that
he may endure it patiently and with willing
obedience, submitting himself with heart and
mind to thy holy will. May it please thee of
thy great goodness, O Lord, to assist him in all
his anguish and suffering : and although the
tongue and voice be not able to execute their
office in setting forth thy glory, do thou stir his
heart to aspire unto thee, the fountain of all
goodness ; and fill his mind with the sweet and
blessed promises which thou hast made to us in
Christ Jesus thy Son. Amen.

124« VISITATION OF THE SICK.

A LMIGHTY God, merciful and gracious,
'^^ thou hast now called thy servant to the
fellowship of the cross. Grant, we earnestly
beseech thee, that his sufferings may be so sanc-
tified by thy grace, as indeed to unite htm more
closely to thy blessed Son. O heavenly Father,
support the spirit of thy child who now flies to
thee for succor : make him ready to receive any
fatherly chastening thou shalt see fit to appoint ;
that he may either, upon the return of health,
run a new race of holiness and well-doing ; or,
passing hence by the gate of death, be prepared
to enter into the joy of his Lord. Amen.

1 Then this Prayer far forgiveness.

/^ MOST merciful God, who, according to
the multitude of thy mercies, dost so put
away the sins of those who truly repent that
thou rememberest them no more ; open thine
eye of mercy upon this thy servant, who most
earnestly desireth pardon and forgiveness. Re-
new in A^m, most loving Father, whatsoever
hath decayed by his own carnal will and frail-
ness. Consider his contrition ; accept his tears ;
strengthen him with thy blessed Spirit ; and
when it shall be thy will to take him hence,
receive him into thy heavenly presence, and into
everlasting fellowship with thy most dearly
beloved Son. Amen.

VISITATION OF THE SICK. 125

1 7^€» may he read one or more of the following Selections :
"VT Y soul, wait thou only upon God : for my
expectation is from him.

He only is my rock and my salvation : he is
my defence ; I shall not be moved.

Id God is my salvation and my glory: the
rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour
out your heart before him ; God is a refuge
for OS.

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and
in his word do I hope.

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than
they that watch for the morning.

Lord, hear my voice : let thine ears be atten-
tive to the voice of my supplications.

For thou hast searched me, and known
me.

Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-
rising ; thou understandest my thought afar off.

Thou compassest my path and my lying
down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but,
lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and
laid thine hand upon me.

126 VISITATION OF THE SICK.

How precious also are thy thought^ ^iito me,

0 God ! how great is the sum of them !

If I should count them, they are more in
number than the sand: when I awake, I am
still with thee.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou
wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine
hand and save me.

Therefore will I not fear, for I know whom

1 have believed, and am persuaded that he is
able to keep that which I have committed unto
him.

Fear thou not ; for I am with thee, saith the
Lord.

Be not dismayed ; for I am thy God : I will
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I
will uphold thee with the right hand of my
righteousness.

Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will
deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and
remember it as waters that pass away :

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy
Cometh in the morning.

Let not your heart be troubled, saith the

VISITATION OF THE SICK. Igy

Lord, neither let it be afraid. I will never
leave thee nor forsake thee.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will
I comfort you ; and ye shall be comforted.

For I know the thoughts that I thiuk towards
yoo, saith the Lord ; thoughts of peace, and not
of evil.

If thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and with all thy soul, he will comfort
thee.

And though your sins he as scarlet, they
shall be as white as suow ; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord^ and he shall
sustain thee.

I wOl turn unto the Lord, and put my trust
in him.

The Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures :
he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou
art with me; thy rod and thy staflf they com-
fort me.

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The flesh and the heart faileth, but God is
the strength of the heart, and our portion for^
ever.

Whether we live, we live unto the Lord, or
whether we die, we die unto the Lord ; whether
we live therefore or die, we are the Lord s.
Trust therefore in the Lord, for he doeth all
things well.

If When the Person sich is aged.

f\ GOD, thou hast taught me from my
youth : and hitherto have I declared thy
wondrous works.

Now also when I am old and gray-headed,
O God, forsake me not; for thou art my
hope.

Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul
had almost dwelt in silence.

When I said. My foot slippeth; thy mercy,
O Lord, held me up.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me
thy comforts delight my soul.

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and
with thy honor all the day.

Cast me not off in the time of old age ; for-
sake me not when my strength faileth.

Let my prayer come before thee : incline
thine ear unto my cry ;

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For my soul is full of troubles : and my life
draveth nigh unto the grave.

Nevertheless I am continually with thee:
thou hast holden me by my right hand.

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and
afterward receive me to glory.

Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there
is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

My flesh and my heart faileth : but God is
the strength of my heart, and my portion for-
ever.

He that is our God is the God of salvation ;
and onto God the Lord belong the issues from
death.

Here have we no continuing city, but we seek
one to come.

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man the things which God hath prepared for
them that love him.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the
Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
mine eyes from tears, and my feet from fall-
ing.

And I am persuaded, that neither death, nor

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life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come.

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

f Then shall the Minuter say this Benediction :

TTNTO God's gracious mercy and protection
we commit thee. The Lord bless thee
and keep thee. The Lord make his face to
shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee.
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and
give thee peace, both now and evermore. Amen.

0l)ort pragere,

TO BE USED BY THE SICK.

Tj^ATHER in heaven, I accept this sickness
from thy hands, and entirely resign myself
to thy blessed will, whether it be for life or for
death. In the spirit of thy Son Jesus Christ
may I say. Not my will, but thine be done ; thy
will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Amen.

r\ EVER-BLESSED Lord God, I offer up
to thee all that I now suffer, or may have

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yet to suflfer, to be united to the sufferings of
thy beloved Son, and so sanctified and rendered
acceptable to thee. Amen.

f\ HOLY and ever-blessed Father, I desire
to praise thee always, in sickness as well as
in health: I desire to join my heart and my
voice with the whole Church of heaven and
earth, in blessing thy holy ^ name forever and
ever. Amen.

T A Prayer for a Sick Child.

f\ ALMIGHTY God, and merciful Father,
to whom alone belong the issues of life and
death ; look down from heaven, we humbly be-
seech thee, with the eyes of mercy upon this
child now lying on the bed of sickness. Visit
Am, O Lord, with thy salvation ; deliver him in
thy good appointed time from his bodily pain ;
and if it shall be thy pleasure to prolong his
days here on earth, grant that he may live to
thee, serving thee faithfully and doing good in
his generation : but whenever it may please thee
to take away his spirit from this world, may he
be received into those heavenly habitations,
where the souls of the righteous enjoy perpetual
rest and feUcity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy
great mercy in Jesus Christ thy Son. Amen*

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^ A Prayer for a Sick Person token there appear SnuH
Hopes of Recovery,

f\ FATHER of mercies, and God of aU
^^^ comfort, our only help in time of need;
we fly unto thee for succor in behalf of this thy
servant here lying in great weakness of body.
Look graciously upon him^ O Lord ; and the
more the outward man decayeth, strengthen
himi we beseech thee, so much the more con-
tinually with thy grace and Holy Spirit in the
inner man. May a steadfast faith in thy Son
Jesus support and comfort him. Give him
unfeigned repentance for all the errors of his
life past; that his sins may be done away by
thy mercy, and his pardon sealed in heaven,
before he go hence, and be no more seen. We
know, O Lord, that there is no work impossible
with thee ; and that, if thou wilt, thou canst
even yet raise him up, and grant him a longer
continuance amongst us. Yet, forasmuch as in
all appearance the time of his dissolution draweth
near, so fit and prepare him^ we beseech thee,
against the hour of death, that after his depart-
ure hence in peace, and in thy favor, his soul
may be received into the joys and blessedness
of that glorious immortality which thy Son
Jesus Christ hath brought to light Amen*

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T A Commendatory Prayer for a Sick Person at the Point of
Departure.

r\ ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live
the spirits of just men made perfect, after
their departure from this world; we humbly
eommend the soul of this thy servant, our dear
brother, into thy hands, as into the hands of a
faithful Creator and most merciful heavenly
Father; most humbly beseeching thee of thy
great love to receive him into that better country
which thou hast revealed to us by thy Son Jesus
Christ. Teach us who survive to see in this
and other like instances of mortality, how frail
and uncertain our own condition is ; and so to
number our days, that we may seriously apply
our hearts to that holy and heavenly wisdom,
which may in the end bring us to life everlast-
ing. Amen.

^ A Prayer for Persona troubled in Mind or in Con-
science.

r\ BLESSED Lord, the Father of mercies,
^^^ and the God of all comforts ; we beseech
thee, look down in pity and compassion upon
this thy afflicted servant. Thou makest him to
possess his former iniquities : thy hand lieth
heavily upon him; and his soul is full of
trouble. But, O merciful God, who hast

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caused thy holy word to be written for our
learning, that we through patience and comfort
of the holy Scriptures might have hope ; give
him a right understanding of himself and of thy
fatherly chasteuings; that he may neither cast
away his confidence in thee, nor place it any-
where but in thee. Be thou his refuge in temp-
tation, and help him in his infirmities by thy
Holy Spirit Break not the bruised reed, nor
quench the smoking flax. Shut not up thy ten-
der mercies in displeasure; but make him to
hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which
thou hast broken may rejoice. And as thou
forgivest much, so may he love much. Lift up,
O Lord, the light of thy countenance upon us,
and give us peace, through thy fatherly love in
Jesus Christ Amen.

^ A Collect for the Communion of the Sick.

A LMIGHTY, ever-living God, maker of
"^^ mankind, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who dost correct those whom thou dost love, and
chasten every one whom thou dost receive ; we
beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant
visited with thy hand, and to grant that he may
take his sickness patiently, and recover his bodily
health, if it be thy gracious will ; and whenso-
ever he shall be called away from this world,

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maj he have part in the joys and blessedness of
tfae life to come. Amen.

^ Thanksgiffing far Recovery.

f\ MOST mighty and gracious God, thy
mercy is over all thy works, and hath espe-
cially gladdened our hearts in the recovery of
our dear brother from dangerous sickness. Thou
redeemest our life from destruction, and crown-
est us with loving-kindness and tender mercies.
Suffer us not, O Lord, to be in the number of
those who are forward to ask in the time of
need, but careless to show themselves thankful
when mercy is bestowed. Make us as desirous
to oonie unto thee with the sacrifices of praise,
as we were ready to beg help and comfort in the
day of our necessity; and may we show our
thankfulness, not only by words, but by earnest
obedience to thy holy commandments. Grant,
we beseech thee, that we may not so love this
life, as to be unwilling to leave it when thou
'^llest us ; but, living or dying, may we be thine
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Y A Proffer that may be said after a Death in a Family*
/^ GOD, our heavenly Father, who hast seen
fit to take our dear brother from this world ;
grant that we sorrow not as those who have no

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hope; but that we may put our trust in the
promises of holy Scripture which saith, Blessed
are the dead who die in the Lord ; Yea, saith
the Spirit, for they rest from their labors, and
their works do follow them. May we rest in
these words, and in thy fatherly mercy, and wait
patiently for that happy reunion, the hope of
which is now our sweet comfort. O God, may
each of us be among those whose deeds and
words show that they seek a country, even our
everlasting home. Forgive us wherein we have
sinned against thee : fit us to live or to die. O
let it be the work of our lives to do thy holy
will, and follow after thee as dear chikiren.
Hear us, gracious and merciful Lord God, who
hast blessed us with all spiritual blessings in
heavenly places in Christ. Amen.

THE ORDER

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5 When the Procession is entering the Church, the Minister
shaU read these sentences of Scripture : all standing,

T AM the resurrection and the life; saith the
Lord: he that believeUi in me, though he

were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever

liveth and believeth in me shall never die. John

xi. 25, 26.

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken

away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. Job

121.

AU flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man

as the flower of grass. The grass withereth,

and the flower thereof falleth away : but the

word of the Lord endureth forever. 1 Peter

i. 24, 25.

Y Then shaU be said or sung one of the following Psalms :
Psalm xxxix.

T ORD, make me to know mine end, and the
"^ measure of my days, what it is; that I
may know how frail I am.

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Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-
breadth; and mine age is as nothing before
thee : verily every man at his best state is alto-
gether vanity.

Snrely every man walketh in a vain show:
surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth
up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather
them.

And now, Lord, what wait I for \ my hope
is in the6.

Deliver me from all my transgressions : make
me not the reproach of the foolish.

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because
thou didst it.

Remove thy stroke away from me : I am con-
sumed by. the blow of thine hand.

When thou with rebukes dost correct man
for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to con-
sume away like a moth : surely every man is
vanity.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto
my cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears : for I
am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all
my fathers were.

O spare me, that I may recover strength,
before I go hence and be no more.

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Psalm xc

T ORD, thou bast been our dwelliug-place in
all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or
ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art
God.

Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest,
Return, ye children of men.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as
yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the
night.

Thou earnest them away as with a flood;
they are as a sleep: in the morning they are
like grass which groweth up.

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth
up ; in the evening it is cut down, and with-
eretfa.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our
secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

We spend our years as a tale that is told.

The days of our years are threescore years
and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be
fourscore years, yet is their strength labor .and
sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

So teach us to number our days, that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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Make us glad according to the days wherein
thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we
have seen eviK

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and
thy glory unto their children.

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be
upon us : and establish thou the work of our
hands upon us ; yea, the work of our hands es-
tablish thou it.

f Then shall follow this Lesson from 1 Cor. xv.

T^OW is Christ risen from the dead, and be-

come the first-fruits of them that slept.

For since by man came death, by man also
came the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.

There is one glory of the sun, and another
glory of the moon, and another glory of the
stars ; for one star differeth from another star in
glory.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is
sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption :

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory :
it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power :

It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spirit-
ual body. There is a natural body, and there is
a spiritual body.

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And so it is written. The first man Adam
was made a living soul, the last Adam was
made a quickening spirit.

Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual,
but that which is natnral ; and afterward that
which IS spiritual.

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the
second man is the Lord from heaven.

As is the earthy, such are they also that are
earthy ; and as is the heavenly, such are they
also that are heavenly.

And as we have borne the image of the
earthy, we shall also bear the image of the

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither
doth corruption inherit incorruption.

Behold, I show you a mystery : We shall not
all sleep, but we shall all be changed.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and
we shall be changed.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.

So when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on

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immortality, then shall be broaght to pass the
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up
in victory.

O death, where is thy sting 1 O grave, where
is thy victory ?

The sting of death is sin ; and the strength
of sin is the law.

But thanks be to God, who giveth us the
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stead-
fast, unmovable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your
labor is not in vain in the Lord.

^ Or, the Minister may read one or more of the fcUotoing

Lessons :

Sl John xiv.

T ET not your heart be troubled, saith the
"^ Lord, our Redeemer; ye believe in God,
believe also in me.

In my Father's house are many mansions : if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again and receive you unto myself;
that, where I am there ye may be also.

And I will pray the Father, and he will give
you another Comforter, that he may abide with
you forever ;

fiUBIAL OF THE DEAD. l4fQ

Even the Spirit of troth, whom the world
cannot receive because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he dwell-
eth with you, and shall be in yon.

I will not leave you comfortless : I will come
to yon.

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no
more; but ye see me: because I live ye shall
live also.

Peace I leave with yon, my peace I give uuto
you.

Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it
be airaid.^

2 Cor. iv. V.
Ij^OR our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceed-
ing and eternal weight of glory ;

While we look not at the things which are
seen, but at the things which are not seen : for
the things which are seen are temporal ; but the
things which are not seen are eternal.

For we know that, if our earthly house of
this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a build-
mg of God, a house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens.

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to

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be clothed upon with our house which is from
heaven:

If 80 being clothed we shall not be found
naked.

For we that are in this tabernacle do groan,
being burdened : not for that we would be un«
clothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might
be swallowed up of life.

Rev, zzi. xxu.

A ND I saw a new heaven and a new earth :
for the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away; and there was no more
sea.

And I John saw the holy city, New Jeru-
salem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven,
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men, and he will dwell with them, and they
shall be his people, and God himself shall be
with them, and be their God.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes ; and there shall be no more death ; neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain ; for the former things are passed
away.

And he showed me a pure river of wf ter of

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life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the
throne of God and of the Lamb.

In the midst of the street of it, and on either
side of the river, was there the tree of life,
which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded
her fruit every mouth; and the leaves of the
tree were for the healing of the nations.

And there shall be no more curse, but the
throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it;
and his servants shall serve him :

And they shall see his face; and his name
shall be in their foreheads.

Therefore are they before the throne of God,
and serve him- day and night in his temple : and
be that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among
them.

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst
any more ; neither shall the sun light on them,
nor atay heat.

For tlie Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them untp
living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes.

And there shall be no night there ; and they
need no candle, neither light of the sun ; for
the Lord God giveth them light : and they shall
reign forever and ever.
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And he said unto me, These sayings are
faithful and true.

And every creature which is in heaven, and
on the earth, and under the earth, and such as
are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I
saying. Blessing, and honor, and glory, and
power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb, forever and ever.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant
mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead.

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled,
and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for
you.

For now we see through a glass, darkly ; but
then face to face: now I know in part; but
then shall I know even as also I am known.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we
know that, when he shall appear, we shall be
like him : for we shall see him as he is.

And every man that hath this hope in him
purifietb himself, even as he is pure.

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Homble yourselves therefore under the
mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you
ID due time:

Casting all your care upon him; for he
careth for you.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come,

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of
God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

St Mark x. 13-16. St Matt xviii. 10, 14.

A ND they brought young children to him,
"^^ that he should touch them ; and his dis-
ciples rebuked those that brought them.

But when Jesus saw it, he was much dis*
pleased, and said unto them, Suffer the little
children to come unto me, and forbid them not :
for of such is the kingdom of God.

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not
receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he
shall not enter therein.

And he took them up in his arms, put his
bands upon them, and blessed them.

Take heed that ye despise not one of these
little ones : for I say unto you, that in heaven

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their angels do always behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven.

Even so it is not the will of your Father
which is in heaven, that one of these little ones
should perish.

T If there he an Address, it may he introduced here* And then
the Minister may offer Prayer in his own words^ or say one
of the foUowing Prayers,

A LMIGHTY God, with whom do live the
'^^ spirits of them that depart hence in the
Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful,
after they are delivered from the burden of the
flesh, are in joy and felicity ; we thank thee for
having given to us the dear friend whom thou
hast now taken away ; and for the blessed assur-
ance that, though he will not come to us, we
shall go to him. O grant, we beseech thee, that
we, with all those who are departed in the true
faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect
consummation and bliss in thine eternal glory.
Amen.

T ORD God, holy Father, be thou blessed
"^ both now and evermore : for all that thou
doest is good. Thou hast seen fit to take away
one who is dear to us : give us, we beseech
thee, the spirit of filial submission. Enable us

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to say. It 18 well, for thoa didst it. May we
fed that thy will is better than anything we
can desire for ourselves; and find comfort in
holy and happy thoughts of the unseen world.
Bring home to our hearts thy Sou's promises to
those who &\\ asleep in him.

O Lord, teach us how to live so as to please
thee. May nothing cause us to forget that we
are pilgrims and sojourners here, as our fathers
were; and may we set our chief auctions on
those things which are above. Merciful Father,
forgive us our sins, and raise us from the death
of sin to a life of righteousness.

O Lord God, fill our hearts with gratitude
for thy great loving-kindness to us. When thou
takest away, we see how much thou bast given.
We thank thee for the sweet memory of bless-
ings which are for a season withdrawn from us,
and for the many blessings which yet remain,
and for hopes which no earthly troubles can
overshadow. Hear, accept, and answer these
our prayers, which we would offer to thee in
the faith and spirit of Jesus Christ. Amen,

^ Then the Lord's Prayer^ to be said after the Minister,
/^UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be
^^^ thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will

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be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us
this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil : For thine is the king-
dom, and the power, and the glory, forever and
ever. Amen.

^ Here may he sung a Hymn of Consolatton (unannounced).

T Then the Minister, on the way to the Grave, or in the body
of the Church, shall say :

XXTE know that iJF our earthly house of this
tabernacle be dissolved, we have a build-
ing of God, a house not made with hands, eter^
nal in the heavens. 2 Cor. v. 1.

I have set the Lord always before me: be-
cause he is at my right hand, I shall not be
moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my
glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave ;
neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see cor-
ruption. Psalm xvi. 8-10.

Though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou
art with me ; thy rod and thy staflf they com-
fort me. Psalm xxiii. 4.

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7 When they come to the Grave, while the Body is made ready
to be laid into the Earth, the Minister shall say :

TVTAN that is born of a woman hath but a
short time to live, and is full of trouble.
He Cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ;
he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never coutin-
ueth in one stay. In the midst of life we are in
death. Of whom may we seek for succor, but
of thee, O Lord, in whom our souls do rest and
hope?

Y When the Body has been lowered into the Grave, the Minister
shall say :

T^ORASMUCH as it hath pleased God of his
great mercy to take unto himself the life of
our dear friend hpre departed, we therefore com-
mit his body to' the ground: earth to earth,
ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain
hope of a resurrection to eternal life, through
our Lord Jesus Christ ; who will change this
corruptible body, that it may be like unto his
glorious body ; according to the mighty work^
ing, whereby he is able to subdue all things to
himself.

f Then shall be said :

T HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto

me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the

dead who die in the Lord: even so saith the

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Spirit ; for they rest from their labors, and their
works do follow them.

f At the Buried of a Young Child^ may he tend, instead of the
above :

T HEARD the voice of Jesus, saying. Suffer
little children to come unto me, for of such
is the kingdom of heaven.

^ TTien shall the Minister say the following Collect:

f\ GOD, our heavenly Father, grant that we
^^^ sorrow not as those who know not the
promises of thy holy Gospel : but may we look
forward to the great gathering of thy faithful
servants and children into their everlasting
home. O thou in whom we trust, help us by
thy grace, that we may live as* the heirs of this
blessed and glorious hope, which thou hast set
before us in thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.

^ And this Benediction :

^TIHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen,

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f 77^6 above Office may be used : ordy^ when the Body is low-
ered into the SeOf the following words shall he said, instead
of those to be said when the Body is lowered into the Ground.

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TXTE now commit the body of our dear de-
^ parted friend to the deep, in the blessed
hope that as he has borne the image of the
earthy, so also he shall bear the image of the
heavenly, through our Lord Jesus . Christ

PRATERS

THAT MAT BE USED AT SEA.

f During a Storm.

/^ MOST gracious and merciful Lord God,
^^ who dwellest in heaven, but beholdest all
things below; look down on us thy servants,
who in our great distress cry unto thee for help.
Send forth thy word to calm the fury of the
waves, which seem ready to swallow us up.
Yet, O ever-blessed Father, let not the sudden-
ness of our present extremity find us far away
from thee ; but may our trust in thee be stronger
than our fears, though the waters roar and be
troubled, though the mountains shake with the
swelling thereof. Give us grace, we earnestly
beseech thee, that if our lives be spared, we may
devote them to thy most holy service as faithful
disciples of Jesus Christ ; and that if this should
be our last day here below, we may through thy
mercy be received into the blessed shelter of our
everlasting home. Amen.

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^ Thanksgiving after a Storm.
CoNFiTEANTUK DoMiNO. Psalm cvii.
f\ THAT men would praise the Lord for his
goodness, and for his wonderful works to
the children of men.

Let them offer unto him the sacrifice of
thanksgiving; and declare his works with re-
joicing.

They that go down to the sea in ships, and
do business in great waters,

These see the works of the Lord, and his
wonders in the deep.

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy
wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

They mount up to the heaven ; they go down
again to the depths : their soul is melted because
of trouble.

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble ;
and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the
waves thereof are still.

Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so
he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

O that men would praise the Lord for his
Gfoodness, and for his wonderful works to the
children of men.

Let them exalt him also in the congregation

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pf the people, and praise him in the assembly
of the elders.

1 Collect of Thank8giving,

f\ MOST mighty and gracious Lord God,
^^^ thy loving-kindness is over all thy works,
but in special manner hath been extended to
us, whom thou hast so powerfully and wonder-
fully delivered. Thou hast showed us terrible
things, and wonders in the deep ; and we bless
and glorify thy name for thy mercy in saving
us, when we were ready to perish. Make us,
we beseech thee, as truly sensible now of thy
mercy, as we were then of the danger : and
give us hearts always ready to express our
thankfulness, not only by words^ but also by our
lives, in being more obedient to thy holy com-
mandments. Bring us, O Lord, to our haven
in safety, and fill us with thy Holy Spirit, that
we whom thou hast saved may serve thee in
holiness and righteousness all the days of our
life, as humble disciples of Jesus Christ.
Amen.

DOMESTIC WOESHIP;

OB

FOBHS OF PBATER TO BE USED IN FAMILIES.

jnoming ]lraser.

^ At tome regular hour all the members of the household should
assemble themselves together : when a portion of the Sacred
Scriptures may be read; after which, the head of the family^
vr some other suitable person, shall say as follows ; cUl kned-

ing :

/^UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
US this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil : For thine is the king-
dom, and the power, and the glory, forever and
ever. Amen.

f Acknowledgment of God's mercy and preservation^ espe^
dally through the niglU past.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whom
'^^ we live and move and have our being ; we,
thy needy creatures, render thee our humble

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praises, for thy preservation of us from the
beginning of our lives to this day, and espe-
cially for having delivered us from the dangers
of the past night To thy watchful providence
we owe it * (that no disturbance hath come nigh
us or our dwelling ; but that we are brought iu
safety to the beginning of this day). For these
thy mercies, we bless and magnify thy glorious
name; humbly beseeching thee to accept this
our morning sacrifice of praise and thanksgiv-
ing; which we render through him who lay
down in the grave, and rose again for us, thy
Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

^ Dedication of soul and body to GofVs service^ with a resolu"
tion to he growing daily in goodness.

A ND since it is of thy mercy, O gracious
•^^ Father, that another day is added to our
lives ; we here dedicate both our souls and our
bodies to thee and thy service, in a sober, right-
eous, and godly life : In which resolution, do
thou, O merciful God, confirm and strengthen
us; that, as we grow in age, we may grow
in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

♦ When disturbances of any kind hefaU a Family^ instead
ofthis^ say, that, notwithstanding our dangers, we are brought
In safety to the beginning of this da/.

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Y Prayer for grace to enable us to perform thai resoluium.
TDUT, O God, who knowest the weakness of
"^ our nature, and the manifold temptations
which we daily meet with ; we humbly beseech
thee to have compassion on our infirmities, and
to give us the constant assistance of thy Holy
Spirit; that we may be effectually restrained
from sin, and excited to our duty. Imprint
upon our hearts such a dread of doing wrong,
and such a grateful sense of thy goodness to us,
as may make us both afraid and ashamed to
offend thee. And, above all, keep in our minds
a lively remembrance of our own weakness,
that so we may continually find our strength in
thee, through Jesus Christ. Amen.

1 For grace to guide and keep tu the following day, and for
God^s blessing on the business of the same.

TN particular, we implore thy grace and pro-
tection for the ensuing day. Keep us tem-
perate in our meats and drinks, and diligent in
our several callings. Grant us patience under
any afflictions thou shalt see fit to lay on us, and
minds always contented with our present con-
dition. Give us grace to be just and upright in
all our dealings ; quiet and peaceable ; full of
compassion ; and ready to do good to all men,
according to our abilities and opportunities. Di-

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rect 118 in all our ways,* (and prosper the works
of our bands in the business of our several sta-
tions.) Defend us from all dangers and advert
sities; and be graciously pleased to take us,
and all things belonging to us, under thy fatherly
care and protection. These things, and what-
ever else thou shalt see necessary and convenient
to us, we humbly beg, in the name and through
the mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord
and Saviour. Amen,

FTIHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the

love of God, and the fellowship of the

Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

(Etimng |)raser.

^ 7%e Family being together^ a little before Bedtime^ let the
head of the family^ or any other suitable person, say as fol^
lows (aU kneeling) :

/^UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed

be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy

will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give

* On Sunday Morning, instead of this, say, and let thy
Holy Spirit accompany us to the place of thy public tDorship^
making us serious and attentive^ and raising our minds from
the thoughts of this world to the consideration of the next, thai
uf€ may fervendy join in the prayers and praises of thy Churchy
and listen to our duty with honest hearts, in order to practise it.

DOMESTIC WORSHIP. IgX

US this day our daily bread. And forgave us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil : For thine is the king-
dom, and the power, and the glory, forever and
ever.' Amen.

f Confiaxion of sins^ with a prayer for contrition and pardon.
liyTOST merciful God, who art of purer eyes
"^ -^ than to behold iniquity, and hast promised
forgiveness to all those who confess and forsake
their sins; we come before thee in an humble
sense of our own unworthiness, acknowledging
oar manifold transgressions of thy righteous
laws. But, O gracious Father, who desirest
not the death of a sinner, look upon us, we
beseech thee, in mercy, and forgive us all our
transgressions. Make us deeply sensible of the
great evil of them ; and work in us a hearty
contridon ; that we may obtain forgiveness at
thy hands, who art ever ready to receive humble
and penitent sinners: for the sake of thy Son
Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Redeemer.
Amen.

^ Prefer for grace to reform and grow better,
A ND lest, through our own frailty, or the
"^^ temptations which encompass us, we be
drawn again into sin, vouchsafe us, we beseech
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162 DOMESTIC WORSHIP.

thee, the direction and assistance of thy Holy
Spirit. Reform whatever is amiss in the tem-
per and disposition of our souls ; that no unclean
thoughts, unlawful designs, or inordinate desires,
may rest there. Purge our hearts from envy,
hatred, and malice; that we may never suffer
the sun to go down upon our wrath; but may
always go to our rest in peace, charity, and
good-will, with a conscience void of offence to-
wards thee and towards men : That so, we may
be preserved pure and blameless, unto the com-
ing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.

^ The Intercession,

A ND accept, O Lord, our intercessions for
•"^^ all mankind. Let the light of thy gospel
shine upon all nations ; and may as many as
have received it, live as becomes it. Be gracious
unto thy Church ; and grant that every member
of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may
serve thee faithfully. Bless all in authority
over us ; and so rule their hearts and strengthen
their hands, that they may punish wickedness
and vice, and maintain thy true religion and
virtue. Send down thy blessings, temporal and
spiritual, upon all our relations, friends, and
neighbors. Reward all who have done us good^

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and pardon all those who have done or wish us
evil, and give them repentance and better minds.
Be merciful to all who are in any trouble ; and
do thou, the God of pity, administer to them
according to their several necessities, for his
sake who went aboUt doing good, thy Son our
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

1 The Thanksgiving,

TT\0 our prayers, O Lord, we join our un-
feigned thanks for all thy mercies ; for our
being, our reason, and all other endowments
and faculties of soul and body ; for our health,
friends, food, and raiment, and all the other
comforts and conveniences of life. Above all,
we adore thy mercy in sending thy only Son
into the world to redeem us from sin, and in
giving us the knowledge and sense of our duty
towards thee. We bless thee for thy patience
with us, notwithstanding our many and great
provocations; for all the directions, assistances,
and comforts of thy Holy Spirit ; for thy con-
tinual care and watchful providence over us
through the whole course of our lives; and
particularly for the mercies and benefits of the
past day: Beseeching thee to continue these
thy blessings to us; and to give us grace to
ahow our thankfulness in a sincere obedience to

164 DOMESTIC WORSHIP.

his laws, through whom we received them all,
thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen*

1 Prayer for GoiTs Protection through the night foUawing.
TN particular, we beseech thee to continue
thy gracious protection to us this night
Defend us from all dangers and mischiefs, and
from the fear of them ; that we may enjoy such
refreshing sleep, as may fit us for the duties of
the following day. Make us ever mindful of
the time when we shall lie down in the dust;
and grant us grace always to live in such a
state that we may never be afraid to die: So
that living and dying we may be thine, through
faith in thy Son Christ Jesus, in whose name we
offer up these our imperfect prayers. Amen.

FTIHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of the
Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

PRAYERS TO BE SAID IN PRIVATE
JEtominj.

1 Prayer.

f\ MY God, my only good, and the author
of nay being ; help me to give thee my
heart, and to submit myself to thy holy will,
and to give myself to thy divine service now
and forever. Amen.

% An act of Adoration.
f\ GOD, the Lord of heaven and earth, I
^^^ prostrate myself before thee. With all the
angels I adore thee. I acknowledge thee to be
my Creator and Sovereign Lord : and I render
to thee the homage of my being and life.
^ An act of Faith.

f\ MY God, I firmly believe all the sacred
^^^ truths contained id the gospel of thy dear
Son, and I believe in him as the true Teacher,
Example, and Saviour. I believe in the Holy
Spirit ; in the Holy Church ; in the forgiveness
of sins ; in the resurrection from the dead, and
the life everlasting.

166 PRAYERS TO BE SAID IN PRIVATE.

^ An act of Hope,

f\ MY God, I rely on thy infinite goodness
^^^ and promises : and by the assistance of thy
heavenly grace, I hope to obtain pardon for my
sins, and an abundant entrance into thy kingdom
of love, through thy Son Jesus Christ our
Saviour.

^ An act of Love,
f\ MY God, I love thee above all things,
^^^ with my whole heart and soul. Thou art
Perfect Goodness, and art deserving of all my
love, I love Jesus, thy beloved Son, my Lord
and Redeemer ; and I also love my neighbor as
myself.

^ An act of T%anksgiving»

T THANK thee, O heavenly Father, for hav-
ing created me in thy own image and like-
ness, and for having preserved me to this day.
I thank thee for thy great love in Jesus Christ
my Saviour, and for that Holy Spirit which
cleanseth my soul from all sin.

0 most merciful God, I thank thee for keep-
ing me in thy care this night, and granting me
this day to serve thee,

1 earnestly desire to join my soul with aU
saints and angels, to praise and thank thee for
thy infinite goodness.

PRAYERS TO BE SAID IN PRIVATE. IQJ

^ An act of Contrition.

f\ MY God, mercifully look upon me. I am
weak and sinful. My conscience reproaches
me with many shortcomings. I am truly sorry
for all my sins, and do sincerely repent for hav-
ing offended against thy great love. O turn
unto me, and save me. Make me a clean heart,

0 God, and renew a right spirit within me.

^ A resolution to avoid evil and to do good.

T WILL endeavor this day to follow the exam-
ple of my blessed Lord : to be mild, humble,
chaste, patient, charitable, and resigned. I am
resolved to watch over myself, and to live a
better life for the time to come. I will jstrive
not to offend with my tongue. I will turn away
my eyes, that they may not see vanity, and will
be particularly attentive not to fall this day into
the sins which do easily beset me* By the
gracious assistance of the Holy Spirit, I will
struggle against my accustomed failings, and
pray for a fairer mind, and a purer heart, that

1 may pass all my life in the service of my,
heavenly Father.

1 The Lord's Prayer.
/^UR Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be
thy name. ,Thy kingdom come. Thy will
be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us

168 PRAYERS TO BE SAID IN PRIVATE.

this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from evil : For thine is the king-
dom, and the power, and the glory, forever and
ever. Amen.

1 Praye¥.
f\ GOD, whose, days are without end, and
whose mercies cannot be numbered, make
me deeply sensible of my needs; and let thy
Holy Spirit lead me in holiness and righteous-
ness all the days of my life : that when I shall
have served thee in my generation, I may be
gathered unto my fathers, having the testimony
of a good conscience, in the communion of the
Church, in the confidence of a certain faith, in
the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy
hope ; in &vor with thee, my God, and in per-
fect charity with the world. All which I ask
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PtaQetd for JR\%\i\.

1 Prayer.

f\ HEAVENLY Father, look down in mercy
^^ upon me, thy weak and erring child. Thoa
hast brought me to the close of another day.

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and grant now that I may lie down to rest in
perfect peace with thee, and in perfect charity
with all the world. Of thy great goodness hear
my prayers, and to thee be all glory and wor-
ship, now and forever. Amen.

Y Repeat ihe acts of Adoration^ Faiths Hope, and Love^ as in
the Morning Exercises.

^ An act of Thanksghoing.

T THANK thee, O heavenly Father, for
having preserved me this day. I thank thee
for thy great goodness ; for thy wise, though
mysterious providence ; and, above all, for thine
unspeakable gift of a Saviour, and for the assur-
ance of life and immortality through him. I
thank thee for the gracious assistance of thy
Holy Spirit, and do earnestly beseech thee to
give me grace to show my gratitude and love,
•n a sincere obedience to thy will.

^ Let us praig that God wiU make known our sins to us.

/^ MOST merciful Father, remove my dark-
^^ ness, and show me the sins I have this day
committed, in thought, word, and action. Make
me deeply sensible of the evil of them ; and
work in me a hearty contrition, that I may
obtain forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever
ready to receive the humble and penitent;

lyO PRAYERS TO BE SAID IN PRIVATE.

through Jesas Christ our blessed Lord and
Redeemer. ATuen.

1 An act of Self-Examination.

XT AVE I been neglectful of my religious
duties ; and by irreverence and inattention
to divine things grieved the Holy Spirit 1

Have I sinned against my neighbor, by rash
judgments, hatred, envy, detraction, bad exam-
ple, scandal, want of respect, charity, fidelity 1

Have I sinned against myself, by vanity, and
lies ; by thoughts, desires, discourse, or actions
contrary to purity 1

1 An acta/ Contrition.

"DEHOLD me, O Lord, and mercifully re-
"^ gard me now that I am filled with grief
at the sight of my iniquities. I have sinned
against thee, who art so good and so worthy
of my love. Have pity on me and spare me.
O turn away thy face from my sins, and blot
out all my transgressions. I am heartily sorry
for, and do sincerely repent of them.

^ A resolution to amend.
Prateb.
/^ LORD, heavenly Father, grant me grace
^^ to reform, and never more to offend thee.
Help me to renounce all my sin, to shun all
occasions of it, and to walk henceforth in the

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path of thy commaDdmeDts. O God, heavenly
Father, bear my prayer :

Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of
the world, have mercy upon me :

Graciously hear me, O Lord. Amen.

* ^ Let us recommend our rest to God.

"XTISIT, we beseech thee, O Lord, this habi-
tation, and drive from it all the snares of
the enemy. Let thy holy angels dwell therein to
preserve us in peace, and may thy blessing be
upon us forever, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

Bless, O Lord, the repose I am about to
take to renew my strength, that I may be
better able to serve thee. May all the good on
earth and in heaven pray for me, that I may be
kept in safe and pure ways all the days of my
life.

May the divine assistance remain always
with us. Amen*

SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS.

^ Tohe read in venes, alternately ^ by Minister and People,

5 At the close of each reading of the Psalms^ shall he repeated
thefoUowing Doxology :

Minister. Now unto the King Eternal, im-
mortal, invisible, the only wise God,

People. Be honor and glory, through Jesus
Christ, forever and ever. Amen,

PSALM IV.

HEAR me when I call, O God of my right-
eousness ; thou hast set me at liberty when
I was in trouble ; have mercy upon me, and
hearken unto my prayer.

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my
glory into shame^ and have such pleasure in
vanity, and seek after falsehood?

Know this, that the Lord hath chosen to him-
self the man who is godly ; when I call upon the
Lord he will hear me.

Stand in awe, and sin not; commune with
your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put
your trust in .the Lord.

There are many who say. Who will show us
any good?

S£LECI1(»rS FROM TH£ PSALMS. tJS

liOfd, lift thou np the light of thy coantenance
upon US.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than
when their com, and wine, and oil increased

I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest,
for it is thou, O Lioid, only, who makest me
dwell in safety.

PSALM V.

GIVE ear unto my words, O Lord ; consider
my meditation.

O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling,
my King and my God; for unto thee will I make
my prayer.

My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord;
eady in the morning will I direct my prayer unto
thee, and will look up.

For thoa art a Grod who hast no pleasure in
wickedness; neither shall any evil dwell with
thee.

Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight;
for thou hatest all those who work iniquity.

Thou shalt destroy those who speak falsehood ;
the Lord will abhor both the bloodthirsty and
deceitful man.

But as for me, I will come into thy house, in
the multitude of thy mercy ; and in thy fear will
I worship toward thy holy temple.

Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, be-
cause of mine enemies ; make thy way plain be-
fore my face.

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Let all those who put their trast in thee re-
joice; they shall ever be giving of thanks, be-
cause thou defendest them ; they who love thy
name shall be joyful in thee.

For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing nnto the
righteous; and with thy favor wilt thou defend
him as with a shield.

PSALM VI.

OLORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, nei-
ther chasten me in thy heavy displeasure.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak ;
O Lord, heal me, for my heart is vexed.

My soul is also sorely troubled ; but thou, O
Lord, how long?

Return, O Lord, deliver my soul; O save me
for thy mercies' sake.

For in death there is no remembrance of thee ;
in the grave who shall give thee thanks ?

I am weary with my groaning; all the night
make I my pillow to swim; I water my couch
with my tears.

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; but
the Lord will hear the voice of my weeping.

The Lord hath heard my supplication; the
Lord will answer my prayer.

PSALM vn.

OLORD my God, in thee have I put my
trust ; save me from all those who persecute
me, and deliver me :

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Lest he devour my soal like a lion, and tear it
in pieces, while there is none to help.

O Lord my God, if I have done this thing ; or
if there be any wickedness in my hands ;

If I have rewarded evil unto him who dealt
friendly with me ; (yea, I have delivered him who
without any cause. is mine enemy;)

Then let mirte enemy persecute my soul, and
take it; yea, let him tread my life down upon the
earth, and lay mine honor in the dust.

The Lord shall judge the people ; give sentence
with me, O Lord, according to my righteousness,
and according to the integrity that is in me.

0 let the wickedness of the ungodly come to
an end ; but guide thou the just

For the righteous God trieth the very hearts
and reins.

My help cometh of God, who preserveth those
who are true of heart

God is a righteous judge ; and Qod is angry
with the wicked every day.

1 will give thanks unto the Lord, according to
his righteousness ; and I will praise the name of
the Lord Most High.

PSALM VIU.

OLORD our God, how excellent is thy name
in all the world! thou who hast set thy glory
above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast
tiiou ordained strength, because of thine enemies ;

1^6 SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS.

that thou mightcst still the enemy and the re-
vengeful.

When I consider thy heavens, even the work
of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou
hast ordained ;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him ?
and the son of man, that thou visitest him ?

Thou raadest him a little lower than the an-
gels, and hast crowned him with glory and
honor.

Thou makest him to have dominion over the
works of thy hands; thou hast put all things
under his feet;

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the
field;

The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea,
and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the
seas.

0 Lord our God, how excellent is thy name in
all the world !

PSALM IX.

I WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with
my whole heart ; I will speak of all thy mar-
vellous works.

1 will be glad and rejoice in thee ; I will sing
praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, and destroyed
the ungodly ; thou hast put out their name for-
ever and ever.

Desolations have consumed the enemy forever ;

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and as to the cities which thou hast destroyed,
their memory is perished with them.

Bat the Lord shall endare forever ; he hath pre-
pared his throne for judgment.

And he shall jndge the world in righteousness,
and minister true judgment unto the people.

The Lord also will be a defence for the op-
pressed, even a refuge in time of trouble.

And they who know thy name will put their
trust in thee; for thou, Lord, hast never failed
those who seek thee.

O paiae the Lord, who dwelletb in Zion : show
the people of his doings.

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he
remembereth them, and forgetteth not the com-
plaint of the poor.

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that
they made; in the same net which they hid
privily is their own foot taken.

The Lord is known to execute judgment ; the
ungodly is insnared in the work of his own
bands.

The wicked shall be turned into the pit, and all
the people who forget God.

For the poor shall not always be forgotten ; the
patient abiding of the afflicted shall not perish
forever.

Arise, O Lord, and let not man prevail ; let the
nations be judged in thy sight.

Put them in fear, O Lord; that the nations
may know themselves to be but men.

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178 SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS.
PSALM XIL

HELP, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth, for
the faithful fail from among the children
of men.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbor ;
t&ey do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble
in their doable heart

The Lord shall root ont all deceitful lips, and
the tongue that speaketh proud things :

Who have said, With our tongue will we pre-
vail; we are they who ought to speak; who is
lord over us?

Now for the oppression of the needy, and
because of the deep sighing of the poor,

I will ari:je, saith the Lord, and will help every
one from him who swelleth against him, and will
set him at rest

The words of the Lord are pure words ; even as
the silver which from the earth is tried, and puri-
fied seven times in the fire.

ThoQ shalt keep them, O Lord ; thou shalt pre-
serve them from this generation forever.

PSALM XV.

LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle ? or
who shall rest upon thy holy hill ?
Even he who leadeth an uncorrupt life, and
doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the
truth from his heart.

He who hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor

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done evil to his neighbor, nor slandered his
neighbor.

He who despiseth a worthless person, but
honoreth those who fear the Lord

He who sweareth unto his neighbor, and disap-
pointeth him not, though it were to his own hin-
drance.

He who hath not given his money upon usury,
nor taken a bribe against the innocent*

Whoso doeth these things shall never falL

PSALM XVI.

PRESERVE me, O God ; for in thee have I
put my trust

0 my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou
art my God; I have nothing good without thee.

The saints who are on the earth, and the excel-
lent, in them is all my delight

They who run after another god shall have great
trouble.

Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer ;
neither make mention of their names with my
lips.

The Lord himself is the portion of mine inher-
itance, and of my cup ; thou shalt maintain my
lot

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ;
yea, I have a goodly heritage.

1 will thank the Lord for giving me counsel ;
my secret thoughts also instruct me in the night
season.

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I have set the Lord alway before me ; for he
is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.

Wherefore my heart is glad, and my tongae
rejoiceth ; my flesh also shall rest in hope.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave
neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see oor
ruption.

Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy pres-
ence is fulness of joy ; and at thy right hand there
are pleasures for evermore.

PSALM XIX.

THE heavens declare the glory of Gtod; and
the firmament showeth his handy-work.

Day unto day uttereth speech ; night unto night
showeth knowledge.

There is no speech nor language where their
voice is not heard.

Their sounds are gone out into all lands ; and
their words unto the ends of the world.

In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
who Cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his
chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his
course.

He goeth forth from the uttermost part of the
heaven, and his circuit is unto the end of it again-
and there is nothing hid from his heat.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the
soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, and
giveth wisdom unto the simple.

The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoke

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the heart; the oommandment of the Lord is
pme, and giveth light unto the eyes.

The fear of the Loid is dean, and endureth
forever; the judgments of the Lord are trae, and
xighteoQS altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold, yea,
tiiaiv much fine gold ; sweeter also than honey,
aod the honey-*eomb.

Moreover, by them is thy servant warned ; and
in keeping of them there is great reward.

Who can understand his errors? O cleanse
thou me from secret faults.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous
sins; let them not have dominion over me; so
shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great
transgression.

Let the words of my mouth, and the medita-
tion of ray heart, be acceptable in thy sight,

O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

PSALM XXIII.

FTIHE Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want
-*- He maketh me to lie down in green pas-
tures; he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of
tiie shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for
thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff comfort
me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the pres-

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ence of mine enemies ; thou anointest my head
with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the
house of the Lord forever.

PSALM XXIV.

THE earth is the Lord's, and the fulness
thereof; the world, and they who dwell
therein.

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and
established it upon the floods.

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ?
or who shall stand in his holy place?

Even he who hath clean hands and a pure
heart, and who hath not lifted up his soul unto
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

He shall receive a blessing from the Lord,
and righteousness from the God of his salva-
tion.

This is the generation of them who seek him,
cven of them who seek thy face, O God of
Jacob.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye
lifted up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of
glory shall come in.

Who is the King of glory? It is the Lord,
strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in
battle.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye

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lifted np, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of
glory shall come in.

Who is the King of glory ? Even the Lord of
hosts, he is the King of glory.

PSALM XXVI.

T>E thou my judge, O Lord, for I have walked
-*^ innocently ; my trust hath been also in the
Lord ; therefore shall I not falL

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; try my
reins and my heart

For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine
eyes, and I will walk in thy truth.

I have not dwelt with vain persons ; neither
will I have fellowship with the deceitful.

I have hated the congregation of the wicked ;
and will not sit among the ungodly.

I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord,
and so will I go to thine altar ;

That I may show the voice of thanksgiving,
and tell of all thy wondrous works.

Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house,
and the place where thine honor dwelleth.

O shut not up my soul with the sinners, nor
my life with the bloodthirsty;

Li whose hands is wickedness, and their right
hand is full of bribes.

But as for me, I will walk innocently ; O de-
liver me, and be merciful unto me.

My feet tread in a straight path ; I will praise
the Lord in the congregations.

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PSALM XXVII.

THE Lord is my light and my salvation ;
whom shall I fear? The Lord is the
strength of my life; of whom then shall I be
afraid?

. Though an host of men encamp against me,
yet shall not my heart be afiraid ; and thoagh
there rise up war against me, yet will I put my
trust in him.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, which
I will seek after ; even that I may dwell in the
house of the Lord all the days of my life, to be-
hold the £air beauty of the Lord, and to visit his
temple.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in
his tabernacle; yea, in the secret place of his
dwelling shall he hide me, and set me upon a
rock of stone.

Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an obla-
tion with great gladness ; I will sing and speak
praises unto the Lord.

Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry
unto thee; have mercy upon me, and hear
me.

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face ; my heart
said unto thee. Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

O hide thou not thy face from me, nor cast thy
servant away in displeasure.

Thou hast been my succor; leave me not,
neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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Tboagh my father and my mother fcNrsake me,
yet the Lord taketh me up.

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in
ibe right way, because of mine enemies.

I should utterly have fainted, but that I believe
verily to see the goodness of the laord in the
land of the living.

0 wait thou on the Lord ; be strong, and he
shall comfort thine heart ; and put thou thy trust
in the Lord.

PSALM XXXI.

IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me
never be put to confusion ; deliver me in thy
righteousness.

Bow down thine ear to me; make haste to
deliver me.

And be thou my strong rock, and house of de-
fence, that thou mayest save me.

For thou art my strong rock and my castle ; be
thou also my guide, and lead me for thy name's
sake.

Into thy hands I commend my spirit; for thou
hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.

1 have hated those who regard lying vanities,
and my trust hath been in the Lord.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy ; for
thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known
my soul in adversities.

O bow plentiful is thy goodness which thou
oast laid op for those who fear thee, and that

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thou bast prepared for those who pat their imst
in thee, even before the sons of men !

Thou shalt hide them in the place of thine
own presence from the insults of men ; thou shalt
keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the
strife of tongues.

Thanks be to the Lord ; for he hath shown me
his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

For I had said in my haste, I am cast out of
the sight of thine eyes.

Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my
prayer when I cried unto thee.

O love the Lord, all ye his saints ; for the Lord
preserveth those who are faithful, and plenteously
rewardeth the proud doer.

Be strong, and he shall establish your heart,
all ye who put your trust in the Lord.

PSALM xxxiv.

I WILL alway give thanks unto the Lord ; bis
praise shall ever be in my mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord ; the
humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

0 praise the Lord with me, and let us magnify
his name together.

1 sought the Lord, and he heard me ; yea, be
delivered me out of all my fear.

They looked unto him and were enlightened;
and their faces were not ashamed.

Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him ;
yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles.

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The angel of the Lord encampeth round about
those who fear him, and delivereth them.

O taste, and see that the Lord is good ; blessed
is the man that trusteth in him.

O fear the Lord, ye who are his saints; for
those who fear him lack nothing.

The lions do lack, and suffer hunger ; but they
who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing
that is good.

Come, ye children, and hearken unto me; I
will teach you the fear of the Lord.

What man is he who desireth to live, and
would fain see good days?

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips that
they speak no gaile.

Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and
pursue it.

The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and his ears are open unto their prayer.

The £ace of the Lord is against those who do
evil, to root out the remembrance of them from
the earth.

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them,
and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

The Lord is nigh unto those who are of a con-
trite heart, and will save such as are of an hum-
ble spirit.

Great are the troubles of the righteous; but
the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

He keepeth all his bones ; so that not one of
them is broken.

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But nuBfortane shall slay the migodly; and
they who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants ;
and none of those who put their trust in him
shall be desolate.

PSALM XL.

I WAITED patiently for the Lord, and he in-
clined unto me, and heard ray calling.

He brought me also out of the horrible pit, and
out of the mire and day, and set my feet upon
the rock, and established my goings.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth,
even a thanksgiving unto our God.

Many shall see it, and fear, and shall put their
trust in the Lord.

Blessed is the man who hath set his hope iu
the Lord, and turned not unto the proud, and
such as go about with lies.

Many, O Lord my God, are tiie wondrous
works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts
which are to us-ward ; they cannot be numbered
unto thee.

If I should declare them, and speak of them,
they would be more than I am able to express.

Sacrifice and meat offering thou didst not de-
sire; mine ears hast thou opened.

Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou
not required ; then said I, Lo, I come.

In the volume of the book it is written of
me, that I should fulfil thy will, O my God ; I

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ddigbt to do it;, yea, thy law is within my
heart

I have dedared thy righteonsnesa in the great
eongregation ; lo, I have not refrained my lips^ O
Lord, and that thon knowest

I have not hid thy righteonsneaa within my
heart; my talk hath been of thy truth, and of
thy aalvation.

I hinre not kept back thy loving mercy and
truth from the great congregation.

Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O
Ijofid ; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth al-
way preserve me.

For innumerable troubles are come about me ;
my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I
am not able to look up ; yea, they are more in
number than the hairs of my head, and my heart
hath failed me.

O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me ;
make haste, O Lord, to help me.

Let all those who seek thee be joyful and glad
in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say
continually. The Lord be praised.

As for me, I am poor and needy ; but the Lord
eareth for me.

Thou' art my helper and redeemer ; make no
long tarrying, O my GUxL

PSALM XUL

S the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so
panteth my soul after thee, O God.

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My soul tbirstetb for God, for the living God ;
when shall I come and appear before God ?

My tears have been my meat day and night,
while they continnally say unto me. Where is
thy God?

When I remember this, I pour out my soul
within me; for I had gone with the maltitude,
I went with them to the house of Grod, with the
voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that
kept holy day.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why
art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in
God, for I shall yet praise him for the help of his
countenance.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me,
while I remember thee from the land of Jordan
and Hermon, from the Mountain Mizar.

Deep calleth unto deep, at the noise of thy
water-falls; all thy waves and thy biUows are
gone over me.

Once the Lord commanded his loving-kind-
ness in the daytime, and in the night his song
was with me; thanksgiving to the Grod of my
life.

Now I say unto God, My refuge, why hast
thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning, be-
cause of the oppression of the enemy.

As with a sword in my bones my enemies
reproach me, while they say daily unto me, Where
is thy God?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why

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art tfaoa disquieted within me? Hope thou in
God ; for I shall yet praise him who is the health
of my countenance and my God.

PSALM XLVL

GOD is our refuge and strength, a very pres-
ent help in trouble.

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be
moved, and though the hills be carried into the
midst of the sea ;

Though the waters thereof rage and swell, and
though the mountains shake at the tempest of the
same.

There is a river, the stream's whereof shall make
glad the city of God, the holy place of the taber-
nacle of the Most High.

God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she
not be removed; God shall help her, and that
right early.

The heathen raged, and the kingdoms were
moved ; but God uttered his voice, and the earth
melted away.

The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob
19 our refuge.

O come hither, and behold the works of the
Lord, what destruction he hath brought upon the
earth.

He maketh wars to cease in all the world ; he
breaketh the bow, and snappeth the spear in
sunder, and bumeth the chariots in the fire.

Be still then, and know that I am God ; I will

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be exalted among the heathen, aod I will be
exalted in the earth.

The Lord of hosts is with ns, the God of Jacob
is our refuge.

PSALM u.

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, according to
thy loving-kindness ; according to the mul-
titude of thy tender mercies blot out my trans*
gressions;

Wash me thoroughly firom my wickedness ; and
cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my
sin is ever before me.'

Against thee, thee only, have J sinned, and
done this evil in thy sight; that thqu mightest be
justified in thy sentence, and be clear when thou
judgest

Behold, thou requirest truth in the inward parts ;
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to
sinow wisdom.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be dean ;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the
bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all
my transgressions.

Create in me a dean heart, O Gbd, and renew
a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away £rom thy presence, and take
not thy Holy Spirit firom mc.

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O give me the comfort of thy help again, and
uphold me with thy free Spirit

Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked,
and sipners shall be converted unto thee.

0 Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth
shall show forth thy praise.

For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would
I give it thee; thou delightest not in burnt-
offerings.

The sacrifice of Gk>d is a troubled spirit; a
broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not
despise.

PSALM LV.

HEAR my prayer, O God, and hide not thy-
self from my petition.

Take heed unto me, and hear me ; how I mourn
in my prayer, and am troubled.

My heart is disquieted within me, and the fear
of death is fallen upon me.

Fearfolness and trembling are come upon
me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed
me.

And I said, O that I had wings like a dove;
for then would I flee away, and be at rest.

LiO, then would I get me away far off, and
remain in the wilderness.

1 would make haste to escape from the stormy
wind and tempest

But yet I will call upon Gpd, and the Lord

shall save me.

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In the evening, and morning, and at noonday
will I pray, and that instantly ; and he shall hear
my voice.

0 cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall
nourish thee, and shall not suffer the righteous to
fall forever.

PSALM LVTI.

BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto
me, for my soul trusteth in thee ; and under
the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until
this calamity be overpast.

1 will call unto the most high Grod, even unto
the God who will perform all things for me.

He shall send from heaven, and save me from
the reproach of him who would swallow me up.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens,
and let thy glory be above all the earth.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed ; I
will sing and give praise.

Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and harp; I
myself will awake right early.

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among
the people, and I will sing unto thee among the
nations.

For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto
the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens,
and let thy glory be above all the earth.

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PSALM LXI.

HEAR my cry) O God; give ear unto my
prayer.
From the ends of the earth will I call upon
thee, when my heart is in heaviness.

0 set me up upon the rock that is higher than
I; for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower
for me against the enemy.

1 will dwell in thy tabernacle forever, and my
trust shall be under the covering of thy wings.

For thou, O Lord, bast heard my desires, and
hast given an heritage unto those who fear thy
name.

Thou shalt grant the king a long life, that his
years may endure throughout all generations.

He shall dwell before God forever ; O prepare
thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may
preserve him.

80 will I alway sing praise unto thy name, that
I may daily perform my vows.

PSALM LXn.

MY soul truly waiteth upon God ; for of him
oometh ray salvation.
He only is my strength and my salvation ; he
is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall.

My soul, wait thou still upon God ; for my
hope is in him.

He truly is my strength and my salvation ; he
is my defence, so that I shaU not fall.

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In God is my health and my glory, the rock of
my might, and in God is my trust.

O put your trust in him alway, ye people ; pour
out your hearts before him ; for God is our hope.

As for the men of low degree, they are but
vanity ; the men of high degree are deceit ; laid
in the balance, they are altogether lighter, than
vanity itself.

O trust not in wrong and robbery ; give not
yourselves onto vanity ; if riches increase, set not
your heart upon them.

God spake once, and twice I have also heard
the same, that power belongeth unto God.

Also to thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy; for

thou renderest to every man according to his

work.

PSALM Lxin.

OGOD, thou art my God; early will I seek
thee.

My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also long-
eth after thee, in a barren and dry land, where no
water is ;

That I might behold thy power and glory, as I
have seen thee in the sanctuary.

Because thy loving-kindness is better than life
itself, my lips shall praise thee.

Thus will I magnify thee as long as I live, and
lift up my hands in thy name.

My soul shall be satisfied even as it were with
marrow and fatness, when my mouth praiseth
thee with joyful lips.

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HaTe I not remembered thee in my bed, and
thought upon thee when I was waking?

Becaaae thoa bast been my helper, therefore
onder the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

My soul hangeth npon thee; thy right hand
hath npholden me.

PSALM LXV.

PRAISE waiteth for thee, O Ood, in Zion, and
unto thee shall the vow be performed.

O thou who faearest prayer, nnto thee shall all
flesh come.

My misdeeds prevail against me; O be thoii
merciful nnto our sins.

Blessed is the man whom thoa choosest, and
receivest nnto thee ; he shall dwell in thy court,
and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy
house, even of thy holy temple.

Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy
righteousness, O God of our salvation ; thou who
art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of
those who are afar off upon the sea ;

Who in thy strength settest fast the mountains,
and art girded about with power ;

Who stillest the raging of the. sea, and the
Doi2«e of its waves, and the madness of the people.
They also who dwell in the uttermost parts of the
earth shall be afraid at thy tokens; thou who
makest the outgoings of the morning and evening
to praise thee.

Thou visitest the earth and blessest it; thou

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makest it very plenteous with the river of Gkxl,
which is full of water.

Thoa preparest their com, when thou bast so
provided for it

Thou waterest her farrows, thou sendest rain
into the little valleys thereof, thoa makest it soft
with the drops of rain, and btessest the increase
of it

Thoa crownest the year with thy goodness, and
thy clouds drop fatness.

They drop upon the dwellings of the wilder-
ness, and the little hills rejoice on every side.

The mountains shall be clothed with sheep;
the valleys also shall stand so thick with com
that they shall laugh and sing.

PSALM LXVI.

OBE joyful in God, all ye lands ; sing praises
unto the honor of his name ; make his praise
to be glorious.

Say uQtc^ God, O how wonderfnl art thoa in
thy works! through the greatness of thy powor
shall thine enemies submit themselves onto thee.

For all the world shall worship thee, sing of
thee, and praise thy name.

O come hither, and behold the works of God ;
how wonderful he is in his doing toward the chil-
dren of men !

He turned the sea into dry land, so that they
went through the water on foot; there did we
rejoice in him.

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He raletb with his power forever ; his eyes be-
hold the people ; and such as are rebellious shall
not be able to exalt themselves.

O praise our God, ye people, and make the
voice of his praise to be heard;

Who holdeth our soul in life, and sufTereth not
our feet to slip.

For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou also
bast tried us, like as silver is tried.

Thou broughtest us into the snare, and laidst
trouble upon us.

Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads ; we
went through fire and water, and thou broughtest
us out into a place of refreshment.

0 come hither and hearken, all ye who fear
God, and I will tell you what he hath done for
my souL

1 called unto him with my mouth, and gave
him praises with my tongue.

If I incline unto wickedness with my heart, the
Lord will not hear me.

But God hath heard me, and considered the
voice of my prayer.

Praised be God, who hath not cast out my
prayer, nor turned his mercy from me.

PSALM LXXVIT.

I WILL cry unto God with my voice, even
unto God will I cry with my voice; and O
that he would hearken unto me !

In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord ;

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I stretched out my hands to him all the night
long ; my soul refused comfort.

When I am in heaviness, I will think upon
God; when my heart is vexed, I will com-
plain.

I consider the days of old, and remember the
years that are past.

I call to remembrance my song in the night;
I commune with mine own heart, and search out
my spirit.

Will the Lord absent himself forever? and will
he be no more entreated ?

Is his mercy clean gone forever? and is his
promise come utterly to an end for evermore ?

Hath God forgotten to be gracioas? and- will
he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure?

And I said. It is mine own infirmity; I will
remember the years of the right hand of the Most
High.

I will remember the works of the Lord, and
call to mind thy wonders of old time.

I will think also of all thy works, and my talk
shall be of thy doings.

Thy way, O God, is holy ; who is so great a
God as our God ?

Thou art the God who doest wonders, and hast
declared thy power among the nations.

Thou hast mightily delivered thy people, even
the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw
thee, and were afraid; the depths also were
troubled.

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The cloads ponred oat water, the air thanderedi
aod thine arrows went abroad.

The Toice of thy thander was heard round
about; the lightnings shone upon the ground;
the earth was moved and shook withaL

Tby way is in the sea, and thy path in the great
waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

Thou leddest thy people like a flock, by the
hand of Moses and Aaron.

PSALM LXXXIV.

OHO W amiable are thy dweUings, thou Lord
of hosts!

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the
courts of the Lord ; my heart and my flesh cry
out for the living God.

As the sparrow findeth an house, and the swal-
low a nest, where she may lay her young, so let
me dwell at thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my
King and my God.

Blessed are they who dwell in thy house ; they
will be alway praising thee.

Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee,
in whose heart are thy ways.

For them the desert valley of Baka hath foun-
tains; and they are refreshed with abundant
showers.

They will go from strength to strength, till
every one of them appeareth before God, in Zion.

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
learken, O God of Jacob.

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Beholdi O God our defender, and look npon
the face of thine anointed.

For one day in thy courts is better than a
thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house
of my Qod^ than to dwell in the tents of un-
godliness.

For the Lord God is a light and defence ; the
Lord will give grace and glory; and no good
thing shall he withhold from those who live a
godly life.

O Lord God of hosts, blessed b the man who
putteth his trust in thee.

PSALM LXXXV.

T ORD, thou art become gracious unto thy
-*-^ land; thou hast turned away the captivity
of Jacob.

Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people,
and covered all their sins.

Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and
turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation.

Turn us then, O God our Saviour, and let
thine anger cease from us.

Wilt thou be displeased at us forever ? and wilt
thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation
to another?

Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us, that
thy people may rejoice in thee ?

Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy
salvation.

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I will bear what God the Lord will speak ; for
be will speak peace to bis people and bis saints ;
only let them not return to tbeir folly again.

For his salvation is nigh those who fear him,
that glory may dwell in oar laud.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteous-
ness and peace have kissed each other.

Truth shall flourish out of the earth ; and
righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Yea, the Lord shall show his loving-kindness ;
and our land shall yield her increase.

Righteousness shall go before him, and shall
keep bb path continually.

PSALM LXXXVL

Bow down thine ear, O Lord, and hear me,
for I am poor and in misery.

Preserve thou m j soul, for thou art my hope ;
xny God, save thy servant who putteth bis trust
in thee.

Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I will call
daily upon thee.

Comfort the soul of thy servant ; for unto thee,
O Lord, do I lift up my souL

For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, and
of great mercy unto all those who call upon
ibee.

Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer, and ponder
the voice of my bumble desires.

In the time of my trouble I will call upon
thee; for thou bearest me.

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Among the gods there is none like onto thee,
O Lord; there is not one who can do as thou
doest.

All nations whom thou hast made shaU come
and worship thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy
name.

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things;
thou art God alone.

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk
in thy truth ; O knit my heart unto thee, that I
may fear thy name.

I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my
heart, and will praise thy name for evermore.

For great is thy mercy toward me, and thou
hast delivered my soul from the terrors of
death.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and
the congregations of violept men have sought
after my soul, and have not set thee before their
eyes.

But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion
and mercy, long-sufi'ering, plenteous in goodness
and truth.

O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy
upon me ; give thy strength unto thy servant, and
help the son of thine handmaid.

Show some token upon me for good, that they
who hate me may see it, and be ashamed ; be-
cause thou, Lord, hast bolden me, and comforted
me.

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PSALM XCI.

WHOSO dwelleth nnder the defence of the
Most High shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty.

I will say nnto the Lord, Thoa art my hope,
and my stronghold; my God, in whom I will
tmst.

For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the
banter, and from the noisome pestilence.

He shall cover thee with his wings, and thoa
ahalt be safe under them; his faithfulness and
troth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by
night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day ;

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness ;
nor for the sickness that destroyeth at noonday.

A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten
thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not
come nigh thee.

But with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see
the reward of the ungodly.

Because thou hast made the Lord, who is my
refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation ;

There shall no evil happen unto thee, neither
shall any plagne come nigh thy dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over thee,
to keep thee in all thy ways.

They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou
hurt not thy foot against a stone.

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder

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the young lion and the dragon shalt thoa tread
under thy feet

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore
will I deliver him ; I will set him up, because he
hath known my name.

He shall call upon roe, and I will hear him ;
yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver
him, and bring him to honor.

With long life will I satisfy him, and show
him my salvation.

PSALM cm.

BLESS the Lord, O my soul; and all that is
within me, bless his holy name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all
his benefits ;

Who forgiveth all thy iniquities, and healeth
all thy diseases ;

Who redeemeth thy life firom destruction, and
crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness ;

Who satisfieth thy life with good things, so that
thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment
for all those who are oppressed.

He showed his ways nnto Moses, his works
unto the children of Israel.

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, long-
sufiering, and of great goodness.

He will not alway chide; neither keepeth he
his anger forever.

SELECTIONS FROM THE PSAIJtfS.

207

He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor
rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as the heaven is high above the earth,
80 great is his mercy toward those who fear
bim.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath
he removed our transgressions from us.

Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children ;
even so the Lord pitieth those who fear him.

For be knoweth our frame; he remembereth
that we are but dust.

The days of man are but as grass; he flour-
isheth as a flower of the field.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ;
and the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth
forever and ever upon those who fear him, and his
righteousness upon children's children ;

Even upon such as keep his covenant, and think
upon his commandments to do them.

The Lord hath established his throne in heaven ;
and his kingdom ruleth over all.

O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye who
excel in strength, ye who fulfil his commandment,
and hearken unto the voice of his words.

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts, ye servants
of his who do his pleasure.

O praise the Lord, all ye works of his, in all
places of his dominion ; praise thou the Lord, O
my soul.

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PSALM CXI.

I WILL give thanks unto the Lord with my
whole heart, secretly among the faithful, and
in the congregation.

The works of the Lord are great, songht oat
by all those who have pleasure therein.

Hb works are worthy to be praised and had in
honor, and his righteousness endureth forever.

He hath made his wonderful works to be re-
membered ; the Lord is gracious and fuU of com--
passion.

He hath given food unto those who fear him ;
for he will ever be mindful of his covenant.

He hath shown his people the power of his
works, that he may give them the heritage of the
heathen.

The works of his hands are verity and judg-
ment; all his commandments are true.

They stand fast forever and ever, for they are
done in truth and equity.

He sent redemption unto his people, he hath
confirmed his covenant forever; holy and rev-
erend is his name.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wis-
dom ; a good understanding have all they who
obey him ; his praise endureth forever.

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PSALM cxvin.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is good ;
for his mercy endureth forever.

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Let Israel now say that his mercy endaretb for-
ever.

Let the house of Aaron now say that his mercy
eodoreth forever.

Yea, let those now who fear the Lord say that
bb mercy endnreth forever.

I called upon the Lord in trouble, and the Lord
heard and delivered me.

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear; what
can man do nnto me?

It is better to trast in the Lord than to pat con-
fidence in man.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put con-
fidence in princes.

TEe Loid is my strength and my song, and is
become my salvation.

The Toice of joy and salvation is in the dwells*
ings of the righteous ; the right hand of the Lord
bringeth mighty things to pass.

The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the
right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things
to pass.

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works
of the Lord.

The Lord hath chastened and corrected me;
but be hath not given me over unto death.

Open me the gates of holiness, that I may go
into them, and give thanks unto the Lord.

This is the gate of the Lord, into which the
righteous shall enter.
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I will thank thee, for thou hast heard me, and
art become my salvation.

The same stone which the builders refused is
become the head-stone in the corner.

This is the Lord's doing ; and it is marvellous
in our eyes.

This is the day which the Lord hath made ; we
will rejoice and be glad in it

Save now, O Lord; O Lord, send us now pros-
perity.

Blessed be he who cometh in the name of the
Lord ! We bless you, ye who are of the house
of the Lord.

Thou art my God, and I will thank thee ; thou
art my GUkJ, and I will praise thee.

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he b good,
and his mercy endureth forever.

PSALM CXIX.

BLESSED are they who are undefiled in the
way, and walk in the law of the Lord.

Blessed are they who keep his testimonies, and
seek him with their whole heart;

Who do no wickedness, but walk in his ways.

Thou hast charged that we shall diligently keep
thy commandments.

O that my ways were so directed, that I might
keep thy statutes !

So shall I not be confounded, while I have
respect unto all thy commandments.

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i will thank thee with an unfeigned heart,
when I shall have learned thy righteous judg-
ments.

I will keep thy laws ; O forsake me not utterly.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his
way? by taking heed thereto, according to thy
word.

With my whole heart have I sought thee ; O
let me not go wrong out of thy commandments.

Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I
should not sin against thee.

Blessed art thon, O Lord; O teach me thy
statutes.

With my lips have I been telling of tdl the
judgments of thy mouth.

I have had as great delight in the way of thy
testimonies as in all manner of riches.

I meditate on thy commandments, and have
respect unto thy ways.

My delight shall be in thy statutes, and I will
not forget thy word.

0 DBAL kindly with thy servant, that I may live
and keep thy word.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may see the won-
drous things of thy law.

1 am a stranger npon earth ; O hide not thy
commandments from me. *

My soul trembles for the very fervent desire
that it hath alway unto thy judgments.

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Thon hast rebaked the proad ; and ctxrsed are
they who do err from thy commandraents.

O turn from me reproach and contempt ; for I
have kept thy testimonies.

Though princes did sit and speak against me,
thy servant is occupied in thy statutes.

For thy testimonies are my delight and my
counsellors.

PSALM CXXL

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills from
whence cometh my help.

My help cometh even from the Lord, who hath
made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved ; and
he who keepeth thee will not sleep.

Behold, he who keepeth Israel shall neither
slumber nor sleep.

The Lord himself is thy keeper; the Lord is
thy defence upon thy right hand ;

So that the sun shall not smite thee by day,
neither the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil ; yea,
it is even he who shall keep thy souL

The Lord shall preserve thy going ont and
thy coming in, from this time forth for ever-
more.

• PSALM cxxn.

I WAS glad, when they said unto me, Let us
go into the house of the Lord.

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Our feet shall stancl in thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerasalem is built as a city that is at unity in
itsell

For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of
the Lord, accoiding to the law of Israel, to give
thanks unto the name of the Lord.

For there is the seat of judgmient, even the
throne of the bouse of David.

O pray for the peace of Jerusalem ; they shall
prosper who love thee.

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity with-
in thy palaces..

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will
say, Peace be within thee.

Yea, because of the house of the Lord our
God, I will seek to do thee good.

PSALM CXXIII.

UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou who
dwellest in the heavens.

Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto
the hand of their masters, and the eyes of a
maiden unto the hand of her mistress;

Even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God,
until he have mercy upon us.

Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon
us ; for we are utterly despised.

Our soul is filled with the insolence of the
prosperous, and with the despitefulness of the
proud.

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PSALM CXXX.

OUT of the deep have I called anto thee, O
Lord ; Lord, hear my voice.

0 let thine ears consider well the voice of my
complaint.

If thoo, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is
done ambs, O Lord, who may abide it ?

Bat there is mercy with thee; therefore sbalt
thou be feared.

1 look for the Lord ; my soal doth wait for him ;
in his word is my trust

My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than they
that watch for the morning ; yea, more than they
who watch for the morning.

O Israel, trust in the Lord ; for with the Lord
there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemp-
tion.

And he shall redeem Israel from all his sin.

PSALM CXXXVI.

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good,
and his mercy endureth forever.

O give thanks unto the God of all gods; for
his mercy endureth forever.

O thank the Lord of all lords; for his mercy
endureth forever.

Who only doeth great wonders ; for his mercy
endureth forever.

Who by hb excellent wisdom made the heav-
ens ; for his mercy endureth forever.

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Wbo laid out the earth above the waters ; for
his mercy endoreth forever.

Who hath made great lights; for his mercy
endareth forever.

The san to role by day ; for his mercy endm^th
forever.

The moon and the stars to govern the night;
for his mercy endareth forever.

Who remembereth ns when we are in trouble ;
for his mercy endareth forever.

And hath delivered as from our enemies; for
his mercy endareth forever.

Who giveth food to all flesh; for hb mercy
endareth forever.

O give thanks onto the Grod of heaven ; for his
mercy endareth forever.

PSALM cxxxix.

OLORD, thou hast searched me, and known
me ; thou knowest my downsitting and mine
uprising ; thou anderstandest my thoughts afar off.

Thou compassest my path, and my lying down,
and art acquainted with all my ways.

For lo, there is not a word in my tongue, but
thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether.

Thou dost encompass me behind and before,
and layest thine hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent
for me ; I cannot attain unto it

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither
shall I flee from thy presence ?

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If I climb up into heaven, thoa art there ; if I
go down to the grave, .thoa art there also.

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell
in the attermost parts of the sea ;

Even there also shall thy band lead me, and
thy right hand shall hold me.

If I say, P^radventure the darkness shall cover
me ; even the night shall be Ught abont me.

Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee;
but the night is as dear as the day ; the darkness
and light to thee are both alike.

I will give thanks mito thee, for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made ; marvellous are thy works,
and that my soul knoweth right well.

My bones were not hid from thee, when I
was made secretly, and fashioned beneath in the
earth.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being
imperfect ; and in thy book were all my members
written ;

Which day by day were fashioned, when as
yet there was none of them.

How dear are thy thoughts unto me, O Gk>d !
O how great is the sum of them!

If I should count them, they are more in num-
ber than the sand ; when I awake I am still with
thee.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove
me, and examine my thoughts.

Look well if there be any way of wickedness in
me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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PSALM CXLVII.

0 PRAISE the Lord ; for it is a good thing to
sing praises unto our God ; yea, a joyful and
pleasant thing it is to be thankful.

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem, and 'gather
together the outcasts of Israel

He healeth those who are broken in heart, and
bindeth up their wounds.

He telleth the number of the stars ; and calleth
them all by their names.

Great is our Lord, and great is his power; yea,
and his wisdom is infinite.

The Lord lifteth up the meek; and bringeth
the ungodly down to the ground.

O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving ; sing
praises upon the harp unto our God ;

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and
prepareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grass
to grow upon the mountains ;

Who giveth food unto the cattle, and feedeth
the young ravens who cry.

He hath no pleasure in the strength of the horse ;
neither delightetb he in the force of man.

But the Lord's delight is in those who fear him
and put their trust in his mercy.

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ; praise thy God,
O Zion.

For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates ;
and hath blessed thy children within thee.

He maketh peace in thy borders; and filleth
thee with the finest of the wheat

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He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth;
and his word is instantly obeyed.

He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the
hoar-frost like as$hes.

He casteth forth his ice like morsels ; who can
stand 'before his cold ?

He sendeth out his word and melteth them;
he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow.

He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes
and ordinances unto Israel.

He hath not dealt so with any nation ; neither
hath the heathen knowledge of his laws. Praise
ye the Lord.

PSALM CXLVIIT.

PRA.ISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord
from the heavens; praise him in the height.

Praise him, all ye angels of his ; praise him, all
his hosts.

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye
stars and light

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye
waters of the skies.

Let them praise the name of the Lwd, for he
commanded and they were created.

He hath made them fast forever and ever; he
bath given them a law which shall not be broken.

Praise the Lord upon earth, ye dragons, and all
deeps ;

Fire and hail, snow and vapors^ wind and storm,
fulfilling his word;

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Monntaina and all hills, fruitful trees and all
cedars;

Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and feath-
ered fowls ;

Kings of the earth and all people, princes and
aO judges of the world ;

Young men and maidens, old men and chil-
dren ; praise the name of the Lord ; for his name
alone is excellent, and his praise is above heaven
and earth.

He shall increase the glory of his people; all
his saints shall praise him, even the children of
Israel, even the people that serveth him. Praise
ye the Lord.

^aBtotlj 9!mt«^\9.

INVOCATION.

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i&dt»mn SntocaiCoii.

COME, thou Almighty King,
Help us thy name to sing,
Help uB to praise ;
Fath^ all glorious,
O'er all victorious,
Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of Days I

2 Come, thou all-gracious Lord I
By h^Eiven and earth adored,

Our prayer attend I
Come, and thy children bless ;
Give thy good word success }
Make thine own holiness

On us descend !

3 Never from us depart ;
Bule tliou in every heartf

Hence, evermore I
Thy sovereign majesty
May we in glory see.
And to eternity

Love aild adore I

SABBATH WOnSHir.

I 7's M. F. H. Hedob

Intocatfon.

SOVEREIGN and transfomiiiig Grax» 1
We invoke thy quickening power ;
Beign the spirit of this place.
Bless the purpose of this hour.

2 Holy and creative Light I

We invoke thy kindling ray ;
Dawn upon our spirits' night ;
Turn our darkness into day.

8 To the anxious soul impart
Hope all other hopes above ;
Stir the dull and hardened heart
With a longing and a love.

4 Work in all, in all renew.

Day by day, the life divine ;
All our wills to thee subdue,
All our hearts to thee incline.

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Seettfng 0roti.

LIGHT of life, seraphic fire ;
Love di\'ine, thyself impart :
Every fainting soul inspire ;
Enter every drooping heart :

2 Every mournful sinner cheer,
Scatter all our guilty gloom ;
Father, in thy grace appear,
To thy human temples come.

nnrooATiON.

3 Come, in this accepted hour.

Bring thy heavenly kingdom in ;
Fill us with thy glorious power,
Sooting out the seeds of sin.

4 Nothing more can we require,

We will covet nothing less ;
Be thou all our heart's desire.
Be our heaven, in holiness I

p G. M. Reed.

8»e 9(b(ne Apftft

SPIRIT divine I attend our prayer,
And make our hearts thy homo ;
Descend with all thy gracious power ;
Come, Holy Spirit, come I

2 Come as the light ; to waiting minds
That long the truth to know,
Beveal the narrow path of right.
The way of duty show.

8 Come as the fire ; enkindle now
The sacrificial flame,
Till our whole souls an offering be,
In love's redeeming name.

4 Come as the dew ; on hearts that pine
Descend in this still hour,
Till every barren place shall own
With joy thy quickening power.

4 SABBATH WOBSHIF.

^ Lb M. Bbstiaat.

f I ^jUOU Power and Peace I in whom we find
JL All holiest strength, all purest love,
The rushing of the mighty wind.
The brooding ol the gentle dove^—

2 Forever lend thy sovereign aid.

And urge us on, and keep us thine ;
Nor leave the hearts which diou hast made
Fit temples of thy grace divine.

8 Nor let us quench ihy saving light ;
But still with softest breathings stir
Our wayward souls, and lead us right,
O Holy Spirit) Comforter I

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L. M. Brbviart.

CnstoT SbfitiU
COME, Creator Spirit blest 1

Within these souls of thine to rest ;
Come, with thy grace and heavenly aid,
To fill the hearts which thou hast made.

2 Come, Holy Spirit I now descend ;
Most blessed gift which Grod can send ;
Thou Fire of Love, and Fount of Life I
Consume our sins, and calm our strife.

8 With patience firm and purpose high,
The weakness of our flesh supply ;
Kindle our senses firom above,
And make our hearts o'erflow with love.

IWOGAXIQH. I>

7 li^ M. MomtiMttT.

LORD I when thy people seek thy face,
And dymg sinners pray to Kve,
Hear thou in heaven, thy dwelling-phu»,
And, when thou hearest, O forgive I

2 Heve, when thy messengerB prodaini

Tlie blessed Gospel of thy Scm,
StiH, by the pocwer of his great, name.
Be migh^ signs and wonden daoe*

3 But will incbed Jehovali deign

Here to abide, no tra&sient guest?
Here will the worM's Sedeemer reign,
And here the Holy Sprit rest?

4 That gfafy never hence dqMcrt I

Yet eboose not, Ixnd^ ^ia house alone ;
Thy kingdom come to every heart.
In every bosom fix thy throne.

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95»fne presence XnrftareUr*

^PEAK with us. Lord ; thyself reveal,
While here on earth we rove ;
Speak to^ oar hearts, and let us feel
The kindlings of thy love.

S'

2 With thee conversing, we fbi^et
All toil, and time> and care ;
Labor is rest, and pain i» sweet.
If thou art present there.

6 SABBATH WOBSHIP.

3 Here then, my Grod, be pleased to stay.
And bid my heart rejoice ;
My bounding heart shall own thy sway.
And echo to thy voice.

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Xnboitrna tfoH's am.

FATHER in hearen, to thee my heart
Would lift itself in prayer ;
Drive from my soul each earthly thought
And show thy presence there.

2 Each moment of my life renews

The mercies of my Lord,
Each moment is itsdf a gift
To bear me on to Grod.

3 0» help me break the galling diains

This world has round me thrown.
Each passion of my heart subdue,
Each darling sin disown.

4 O Father, kindle in my breast

A never-dying flame
Of holy love, of grateful trust
In thy almighty name.

2Q 7*8 M. Mbthodist Oou

Inbocatfon.

FATHER, at thy footstool see
Those who now are one in thee ^
Draw us by thy grace alone ;
Give, O give us to thy Son.

TIIE SABBATH.

2 Jesus, friend of human kind.
Let us in thy name be joined
Each to each unite and bless ;
Keep us still in perfect peace.

3 Heavenlj, all-alluring Dove,
Shed thy overshadowing love ;
Love, the sealing grace impart ;
Dwell within our single heart.

THE SABBATH.

11 L. M. Stbnnbtt.

i&slAat^ momfna.

ANOTHER six days' work is done,
Another Sabbath is begun :
Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest.
Improve the day which God hath blest.

2 O that our thoughts and tlianks may rise,
As grateful incense, to the skies.

And draw from heaven that sweet repose,
Which none but he that feels it knows I

3 This heavenly calm within the breast
Is the dear pledge of glorious rest,
Which for the church of God remains.
The end of cares, the end of pains.

4 In holy duties let the day —
In holy pleasures — pass away :
How sweet, a Sabbath thus to spend.
In hope of one that ne'er shall end I

f SABBATH WORSHIP.

Aobe «f Sabbatic Serbfce.

[O W sweet upon this sacred day.
The best of all the sevens
To cast our earthly thoughts away,
And think of God and heaven I

w

2 How sweet to be allowed to pray

Our sins may be forgiven 1
With filial love and trust to say,
** Father, who art in heaven I **

3 How sweet the words pf peace to hear

From him to whom 't is given
To wake the penitential tear,
And l^ad the way to heaven I

4 And if, to niake our sins depart,

In vain the will has strive.
He who regards the inmost heart
Will send his grace from heaven.

S'

13 7'8 M. Nbwton

AaMi&tlr iWomCna.

[AFELY through another week
God has brought us on our way ;
Let us noyv^ a blessing seek,

Waiting in his courts to-day :
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest.

2 While we seek supplies of grace

Through the dear Redeemer's name.

Show thy veeattciling fhce — -

Take wsmy our sin' and dbame ;
From our worldly carea-set free.
May we rest this* day in thee.

14 d. M: Watvs.

TITELCOME, sweet day of rest,

▼ ▼ That saw the Lord arise ;
Welcome to this reviving breast
And these rejpicing eyes.

2 The King himself comes near,

And feasts his saints to-day ;
Here we may sit^ and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.

3 One day, amid* the place

Whore my dear Lord hath been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of folly and of sin.

4 My willing soul would stay

In such a frame as this,
Till called to rise and soar away
To everlasting bliss.

15 C. M; AirONYMOUS.

Sj^e 3Das of Staler anH 3&est.

EA21TH-S butfy sounds and ceaseless din
Wake not this morning air I
A holy calm should welcome in
Tliis soleom hour of prayer.

10 SABBATH WOBSHIP.

2 Now peace, be still, unhallowed care.

And hushed within the breast I
A holy joy shall welcome there
This happy day of rest.

3 Each better thought the spirit knows,

This hour, the spirit fill I
And Thou, from whom its being flows,
O, teach it all thy will I

4 Then shall the day indeed be blest.

And send its hallowing power.
Its sacred calm and inward rest,
Through many a busy hour.

16 H. M. HATWABDi

Xnbocatfon for 2.ot1i*0 9as Hlomfng.

WELCOME, delightful mom.
Thou day of sacred rest 1
We hail thy glad return :

Lord, make these moments blest.
From low delights and mortal toys
We soar to reach immortal joys.

2 Now may the King descend,

And fill his throne of grace ;
Thy sceptre. Lord, extend,

While we address thy face.
0,let us feel thy quickening word.
And learn to know and fear the Lord.

3 Descend, celestial Dove,

With all thy quickening powers ;

THE SADBATH. 11

Disclose a Saviour^s love,

And bless these sacred hours :
Then shall our souls new life obtain,
Nor Sabbaths be enjoyed in vain.

Y^ C. M. Anontmocs.

£1 Sab&atli iHornfng.

HOW sweet, how calm, this Sabbath mom I
How pure the air that breathes,
And soft the sounds upon it borne,
And light its vapor wreaths 1

2 It seems as if the Christian's prayer,

For peace and joy and love.

Were answered by the very air

That wails its strain above.

3 Let each unholy passion cease,

Each evil thought be crushed,
Each anxious care that mars thy peace
In faith and love be hushed.

18 8. M. BlTLPINCH,

HAIL to the Sabbath day I
The day divinely given.
When men to God their homage pay,
And earth draws near to heaven.

2 Lord, in this sacred hour,

Within thy courts we bend.
And bless thy love, and own thy power,
Out Father and our Friend.

\ SABBATH WORSHIP.

3 But thou art not alone

In courts by mortals trod ;
Nor only is the day thine own
When man draws near- to God.

4 Thy temple is the arch.

Of yon unmeasured sky ;
Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march
Of grand eternity.

5 Lord, may that holier day

Dawn on thy servants' sight ;
And purer worship may we pay
In heaven's unclouded light.

J[g L. M. New York Coll.

"1T7TE bless thee for this sacred day,

▼ ▼ Thou who hast every blessing given,
Which sends the dreams of earth away.
And yields a glimpse of opening heaven.

2 Lord, in this day of holy rest.

We would improve the calm. repose;
And, in thy service truly blest,

Forgeit the world, its joys and woes,

8 Lord 1 may thy truth, upon the heart
Now fall and dwell as heavenly dew.
And flowers of grace in freshness start*
W^hqrc once Uie weeds of error grew.

XHB 8A^BATH• 13

4 M»y Fray^ i^ow lift I|er sacred wings,
Contented with that aim alone
Which bears her to the King of kings,
And rests her at his sheltering, throne.

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20 s, m;. Anosivous.

Eit JQottT of Stajfcv*

[T i^ the hour of prayer :

Draw near and bend the knee,
And fill the calm and holy air

With voice of melody !
Overwearied with the heat
And burden of the day,
Now let us rest our wandering feet.
And gather here to pray.

2 The dark and deadly blight
That walks at noontide hour.

The midnight arrow's secret flight.

O'er us have had no power ;
But smiles from loving' eyes

Have been, around our way,
And lips on which, a blessing lies

Have bidden us to pray.

3 0, blessed is the hour
That lifts our hearts on high ;

Like sunlight when the tempests lower^

Prayer to tlie soul is nigh ;
Though .dark may be our lot.

Our eyes be dun with care,
These saddening thoughts shall trouble not

This holy hour of prfiyer.

14 8ABDATH WOBSHIP.

21 I^ ^ Mbs. Baebaulh.

XTT'HEN, as returns this solemn day,
V T ]Man comes to meet his Maker, God,

What rites, what honors shall he pay?
How spread his Sovereign's praise abroad?

2 From marble domes and gilded spires
Shall curling clouds of incense rise?
And gems, and gold, and garlands deck
The costly pomp of sacrifice?

8 Vain, sinful man 1 creation's Lord

Thy golden offerings well may spare :
But give thy heart, and thou shalt find
Here dwells a God who heareth prayer.

22 C. M. Geo. Hbebirt.
Eit 38Uss(ii0 of ttre SalAattl*

BLEST day of God I most calm, most bright,
The first and best of days ;
The laborer's rest, the saint's delight,
The day of prayer and praise.

2 My Saviour's face made thee to shine ;
His rising thee did raise ;
And made thee heavenly and divine
Beyond all other days,

8 The first fruits oft a blessing prove
To all the sheaves behind ;
And they who do the Sabbath love
A happy week will find.

THE 8^\BBATH. 16

4 This daj I must to God appear,
For, Lord, the day is thine ;
Help me to spend it in thy fear,
And thus to make it mine.

23 a P. M. Mbruok.

S^ AalAatt anH t|f Sattjils Etmfit*

THE joyful morn, my God, is come.
That calls me to my Sabbath home.
Thy presence to adore ;
My feet the summons shall attend.
With willing steps thy courts ascend
And tread the hallowed floor.

2 With holy joy I hail the day
That warns my thirsting soul away :

What transports fill my breast I
For, lo ! my great Redeemer's power
Unfolds the everlasting door.

And leads me to his rest I

24 ^' ^« ^^^ Babbauia.

AGAIN the Lord of life and light
Awakes the kindling ray,
Unseals the eyelids of the mom,
And pours increasing day.

2 This day be grateful homage paid,
And loud hosannas sung ;
Let gladness dwell in every heart,
And praise on every tongue.

16 SABBATH WOBflUIP.

3 Ten thousand difiering lips shall joiii
To hail this welcome mora,
Which scatters blessings £rom its wing^
To nations yet unborn.

2^ L H. Sun. Sohool H. &.

CALLED by the Sabbath bells away,
Unto thy holy temple, Lord,
1 11 go, with willing mind to pray.

To praise thy name and hear thy word.

2 O sacred day of peace and joy,
Thy hours are ever dear to me ;
Ne'er may a sinful thought destroy
The holy calm I find in diee.

8 Dear are thy peaceful hours to me,

For Grod has given them in his love.
To tell how calm, how blest shall be
The endless day of heaven above.

25 L. M« 61. Mrs. Stkbu

0 9tssev Cmt SotP^*8 9ajf»

GREAT God, this sacred day of thine
Demands our soul's collected powers :
May we employ in work divine
These solemn, these devoted hours ;
O may our souls adoring own
The grace which calls us to thy throne.

2 Hence, ye vain cares and trifles, fly ;
Where God resides appear no more ;

Omniscient God, thy piercing eye
Can every secret thought explore :
O may thy grace our hearts refine,
And fix onr thoughts on things divine.

3 The word of life dispensed to-day
Invites us to a heavenly feast ;
jiyiay every ear the oall ohey ;
Be every heart a humble guest ;
Then shall our souls adoring owq
The grace which o^s us to thy ihron9%

27 ^ ^ Bdmmtoh.

E^t 3lot1>'tf 98jf.

Al/HEN tfie worn sphrit wants repose,

T T And sighs her Uod to seek,
How sweet to hail the evening's close.

That ends the weary week I

2 How sweet to bail the early dawn
That opens on the sight,
When first that i^ut-reviving mor»
Beams its new rays of light I

8 Dlest day I thine lioum too soon will cease,
Yet, -wjbih they gently rolU
Breathe, Heavenly Spirit, source of peace,
A Sabbath o'er my soul 1

18 8ABBATH WORSHIP.

THE SANCTUARY.
90 8's & 7'b M. Anontmoub.

GOD is in his holy temple :
Thoughts of earth, be silent now,
WhUe with reverence we assemble,

And before his presence bow 1
He is with us now and ever,

When we call upon his name,
Aiding every good endeavor,
Guiding every upward aim.

2 God is in his holy temple ; —

In the pure and holy mind ;
In the reverent heart and simple ;

In the soul from sense refined :
Then let every low emotion

Banished far and silent be I
And our souls, in pure devotion,

Lord, be temples worthy thee I

00 8. M. E. Tatlob.

eaU to tHe JQottse of Staset.

COME to the house of prayer,
O ye afficted, come :
The God of peace shall meet you there —
He makes that house his home.

2 Come to the house of praise.
Ye who are happy now ;

THE SAKGTUABY. 19

In sweet accord jour yoices raise,
In kindred homage bow.

3 Ye aged, hither come.

For ye hare felt hie love :
Soon shall your trembling tongues be dumb.
Your lips forget to move.

4 Ye young, before his throne,

(jome, bow ; your voices raise ;
Let not your hearts his praise disown
Who gives the power to praise.

5 Thou, whose benignant eye

In mercy looks on all —
Who see'st the tear of misery,
And hear'st the moumer^s call —

6 Up to thy dwelling-place

Bear our frail spirits on,
Till they outstrip time's tardy pace,
And heaven on earth be won.

30 L. M. Watts.

JUlie of t(e i&snctusrs.

HOW pleasant, how divinely fair,
O Lord of Hosts, thy dwellings are I
With long -desire my spirit faints
To meet di' assemblies of thy saints.

2 Blessed are the souls that find a place
Within the temple of thy grace ;
There they behold thy gentler rays.
And seek thy face and learn thy praise.

so S4BBATH WOBSHIP.

3 Blessed are the men whose hearts are set
To find the way to 21io]i's gate ;

God is their strength ; and through the road
They lean upon thei^ helper, God.

4 Qieerfiil they walk with growing stveDgtk,
Till all shall meet in heaven at length ;
Till all before thy face appear.

And join in noUer worship there.

31 7's M. Hjbrriok.

M 89]^ 8(aa aWie tti SI19 Satemacle? "

WHO shall towards thy chosen seat
Turn, O Lord, his fiivored feet?
Who shall at thine ahar bend?
Who shaH Zion's hiB ascend?
Who, great God, a welcome guest.
On thy holy mountain rest?

2 He whose heart thy love has wanned ;
He whose will to thine conform^,
Bids his life unsullied run ;
He whose word and thought are one ;
Who, from sin's contagion free.
Lifts his willittg soul to thee.

8 He who thus^ witli heart unstained.
Treads the path by thee ordained.
He shall towards thy chosen seat
Turn, O Lord, his &vored feet ;
He thy ceaseless care shaU pro^'e,
He shall share thy constant love.

rrtito dANCtUAUY. 21

32 I^ ili SALlMUBt COLft.

ftoUfte of CSot^.

LO, Gt»d 18 here t Let us adore.
And humbly bow before his face I
Ijet all within us feel his power ;
Let all within us seek his grace.

2 Lo, God 10 he)re I Him, daj and liighl^

United choirs of angels sing ;
To him, eathroned above all height^
Heaven's h«>sl their noblest homage briagi

3 Being of beings I may thy praise

Thy courts with grateful fragrance fiU t
Still may we stand before thy feed —
Still hear and do thy sovereign wilL

33 L M. Waws.
** IQtto amtatle are ti^ SabernacUs, (f^ Jfcotir of Koirfii.**

GREAT God ! attend, while Zion sings
The joy that from thy presence springs ;
To spend one day with thee, on earth.
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.

2 Might I enjoy the meanest place
Within thy house, O God of grace.
Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power.
Should tempt my feet to leave thy door.

3 God is our sun, — he makes our dsKy ;
God is our shield, — he guards our way ;
All needful grace he will bestow.

And crown that grace with glory too.

22 . 8ABBATH WOB8HIP.

4 O God I our Eang, T?lio8e soyereign sway
The glorious hosts of heaven obey,
Thy willing servants may we be.
For blest are they who trust in thee.

34| ^ ^ ANOHTMOUa

Ei$ ff teat Semplc.

f I ^hOUGH wandering in a stranger land,
X Though on the waste no altar stand,
Take comfort I thou art not alone.
While Faith has marked thee for her own.

2 Wouldst thou a temple? look above, —
The heavens stretch over all in love ;

A book? for thine evangel scan
The wondrous history of man.

3 And though no organ-peal be heard,
In harmony the winds are stirred ;
And there the morning stars upraise
Their ancient songs of deathless praise.

35 ^' ^' Stbnkxvt.

9tesence of jSesus.

[OW charming is the place
Where the dear Son of God
Unvails the beauties of his face,
And sheds his love abroad I

H*

2 Not the fair palaces

To which the great resort
Are once to be compared with this.
Where Jesus holds his court.

THE SANCTUARY. 23

3 Here on the mercj-seat,

With radiant glory crowned.
Our joyfiil eyes behold him sit.
And smile on all around.

4 To him its prayers and cries

Each humble soul presents ;
He listens to their broken sighs.
And grants them all their wants*

5 Give me, O Lord, a place

Within thy blessed abode,
Among the children of thy grace,
The servants of my God.

36 12's & ll's M. EDnsTOir.

CJie Souse of CBoli.

rpHERE'S a refuge of peace from the tempests

X that beat,

From the dark clouds that threaten, the wild

wind that blows ;
A holy, a sweet and a lovely retreat,
A spring of refreshment, a place of repose.

2 T is the house of my God, 't is the dwelling of
' prayer,

The temple all hallowed by blessing and
praise;
If sorrow and faithlessness conquer me, there
My heart to the throne of his grace I can raise.

3 For a refuge like this, ah, what praises are due I

For a rest so serene, for a covert so fair :

24 SABBATfi troUSHIP.

Ah, why are the seasons of worship so few?
And why are so seldom the meetings of
prayer?

37 H. IL Watt*

LORD of the worlds abore.
How pleasant and how fur
The dwellings of thy love.
Thine earthly temples^are I
To thine abode
My heart as^nres, with warm desires
To see my Qod.

2 O, happy souls, that pray
Where God appoints to hear I

O, happy men, who pay
Their constant service there I
They praise thee still ;
And happy they who love the way
To Zion's hiU I

8 They go from strength to strength
Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length — >
Till each in heaven appears.
O, glorious seat,
When Grod, our King, shall thither bring
Our willing feet I

"^o

33 CM. MlLTOK.

S(t MtUttixuBM nt t(e lleboitt.

HOtV lovely are thy dwellings, Lord,
From noise and trouble free ;

THE SANCTUABT. 25

How beautiful the sweet £u;cord
Of souls that pray to thee I

2 Lord Grod of Hosts, that reign'st on high,

They are the truly blest

Who only will on thee rely,

In thee alone will rest.

3 They pass, refreshed, the thirsty vale,

The dry and barren ground,
As though a fruitful, watery dale,
Where springs and showers abound.

4 ITiey joxurney on from strength to strength^

With joy and gladsome dbeer,
Till all before oiu* God at length
In Zion do appear.

5 For God, the Lord, both sun and shield,

Gives grace and glory bright ;
No good from him shall be withheld
Whose ways are just and right.

39 7*8 M. iBowBiNO.

{Tons WBoxi^lp*

[N thy courts let peace be found,
Be tliy temple full of love ;
There we tread on holy ground,
All serene, around, above.

r

2 While the knee in prayer is bent.

While with praise the lieart o'erflows.
Tranquillize the turbulent 1
Give the weary one repose I

26 8ABBATH WOB8HIP*

8 Be the place for worship meet.
Meet the worship for the place ;
Contemplation's best retreat,

Shrine of guilelessness and grace I

4 As an infant knows its home,

Lord, may we thy temples know ;
Thither for instruction come —
Thence by thee instructed go.

WORSHIP AND PRAISE.

4^ L- M. Fbothinohail

9rut^ anti IbM.

OGOD, whose presence glows in all,
Within, around us, and above I
Thy word we bless, thy name we call.

Whose word is Truth, whose name is Love.

2 That truth be with the heart believed

Of all who seek this sacred place ;
With power proclaimed, in peace received, —
Our spirits' light, thy Spirit's grace.

3 That love its holy influence pour.

To keep us meek, and make us free.
And throw its binding blessing more
Bound each with all, and all with thee.

4 Send down its angel to our side —

Send in its calm upon the breast ;
For we woidd know no other guide.
And we can need no other rest.

WOB8H1P ANI> PBAISE. 27

41 !<• U. C0W?SB.

OLORD 1 where'er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy-seat ;
Where'er they seek thee, thou art found,
, And eyery place is hallowed ground.

2 For thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind ;

Such ever bring thee where they come,
And, going, take thee to their home.

3 Here may we prove the power of prayer
To strengthen faith and sweeten care ;
To teach our faint desires to rise,

And bring till heaven before our eyes.

42 ^- ^ PllBPONT.

BnCbersal Wov^tp.

OTHOU, to whom, in ancient time,
The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung,
Whom kings adored in song sublime.

And prophets praised with glowing tongue ;

2 Not now on Zion's height alone

Thy favored worshipper may dwell ;
Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son,
Sat, weary, by the patriarch's well.

3 From every place bdow the skies.

The grateful song, the fervent prayer—
The incense of the heart — may rise
To heaven, and find acceptance there.

28 8ABBA1H W0B8HIP.

4 To thee shall age with snowy hair,

And strength and beauty bend the knee.
And childhood lisp, with reverent air.
Its praises and its prayers to thee.

5 O Thon, to whom, in ancient time.

The lyre of prophet-bards was strong,
To thee, at last, in eyery clime

Shall temples rise, and praise be sung.

43 0. M. H. M. Williams.

»a!i(ttt8l SeteUoiu

XITHILE Thee I seek, protecting Power,

▼ T Be my vain wishes stilled ;
And may this consecrated hour
With better hopes be filled.

2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed ;
To thee my thoughts would soar ;
Thy mercy o*er my life has flowed ;
That mercy I adore*

8 In each event of life, how clear
Thy ruling hand I see I
Each blessing to my soul more dear.
Because conferred by thee.

4 In every joy that crowns my days

In every pain I bear,
My heart shall find delight in praise,
Or seek relief in prayer.

5 When gladness wings my favored hour,

Thy love my thoughts simll fill ;

WOB8HIP AND PRAISB. 28

Eesifrned, when stormB of sorrow lower^
My soul shall meet thy will.

M7 lifted: eye, without a tear.

The gathering storm sliall see ;
My steadfiust heart shall know no fear ;.

That heart shall rest on thee.

44 7'g M. J. Tatlde.
Svepiratton lor nfots^tp.

LORD, before thy presence come.
Bow we down with holy fear ;
Call our erring footsteps home,
Let us feel tlrnt thou art near*

2 Wandering thoughts and languid powers

Come not where devotion kneels ;
Let the soul expand her stores.
Glowing with the joy she feels.

3 At the portals of thine house,

We resign our earth-bom cares ;
Nobler thoughts our souls engross.
Songs of praise and fervent prayers.

45 L. M. O. W* H0LMS8.

SatBatt 9smn to t(e IDefts*

LORD of all being, 'throned afer.
Thy glory flames from sun and star ;
Centre and soul of every sphere.
Yet to each loving heart how near I

80 BABBATH WOBSHIP.

8 Sun of our life, ihj wakening raj
Sheds on our path the glow of day.
Star of our hope, thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the nighU

8 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn ;
Our noontide is thy gracious dawn ;
Our rainbow arch, thy mercy's sign ;
All, save the clouds of sin, are diine I

4 Lord of all life, below^ above,

Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love^
Before thy ever-blazing throne
We ask no lustre of our own.

5 Orant us thy truth to make us free,
And kindling hearts that bum for thee,
Till all thy living altars claim

One holy light, one heavenly flame.

4jQ 7'8 M. BOWBINA

LORD, in heaven, thy dwelling-place.
Hear the praises of our race,
And, while hearing, let thy grace

Dews of sweet forgiveness pour ;
While we know, benignant King,
That the praises which we bring
Are a worthless offering

Till thy blessing makes it more.

2 More of truth, and more of might,
More of love, and more of light,

WOnSHIF AND FRAI8E. 31

More of reason and of right,

From thy pardoning grace be given I

It can make the humblest song

Sweety acceptable, and strong,

As the strains the angel throng
Pour around the throne of heaven.

47 7'8 M. Bow

"TTTHEN before thy throne we kneel,

▼ ▼ Filled with awe and holy fear,
Teach us, O our God, to feel
All thy sacred presence near.

2 Check each proud and wandering thought^

When on thy great name we call ;
Man is nought — is less than nought —
Thou, our God, art all in all.

3 Weak, imperfect creatures, we

In this vale of darkness dwell,
Tet presume to look to thee
'Midst thy light ineifable.

4 O, receive the praise that dares

Seek thy heaven-exalted throne ;
Bless our offerings, hear our prayerSi
Infinite and Holy One I

48 I- M.

LIFT up your heads, ye mighty gates^
Behold the King of glory waits.

3S SABBATH WORSHIP.

Tlie King of kings is drawing near.
The Saviour of the world is here ;
Life and salvation he doth bring,
Wherefore rejoioe, and gladly sing I

2 Fling \fide the portals of your heart,
Make it a temple set apart
From earthly use for heaven's employ.
Adorned with prayer, and love, and joy ;
So shall your Sovereign enter in.
And new and nobler life begin.

0

4^9 I'* M. Stxbuno.

Svafse to tHe GfoH of alU

SOURCE divine, and life of all,
The fount of being's wondrous sea I
Thy de[)th would every heart appall.
That saw not love supreme in thee.

2 We shrink before thy vast abyss,

Where worlds on worlds eternal brood ;
We know thee truly but in this, —
That thou bestowest all our good.

8 And 80,j 'mid boundless time and space,
O, grant us still in thee to dwell.
And through the ceaseless web to trace
Thy presence working all things well.

4 Nor let thou life's delightful play

Thy truth's transcendent vision hide ;
Nor strength and gladness Iciid astray
From tJiee, our nature's only guide.

WOfiSUIP AND PRAISE. 33

5 Bestow on gvctj joyous thrill

Thy deeper tone of reverent awe ;
Make pure thy children's erring vrill,
And teach their hearts to love thy law.

50 7'b M. J. Taylob.

LORD I what offering shall we bring,
At thine altars when we bow?
Hearts, the pure, unsullied spring
Whence the kind affections flow :

2 Willing handsy to lead the blind;

Heal the wounded, feed the poor^
Love, embracing all our kind.
Charity, with liberal store.

3 Teach us, O thou heavenly E[ing,

Thns to show our grateful mind,
Thus the accepted offering bring,
Love to thee and all mankind.

51 H. M. H. Ballov, 2d.

Onfbevsal 9vaf0r.

"VTIE realms below the skies,
i Your Maker's praises sing ;
Let boundless honors rise
To heaven's eternal King,
O, bless his name whose love extends
Salvation to the world's far ends.

2 lis he the mountains crowns
With forests waving wide ;

34 SABBATH WORSHII*.

T 18 he old ocean bounds,
And heaves her roaring tide ;
He swells the tempests on the main,
Or breathes the zephyr o 'er the plain.

3 Still let the waters roar

As round the earth they roll :
His praise for evermore

They sound from pole to pole.
Tis nature's wild, unconscious song
O'er thousand waves that floats along.

4 His praise, ye worlds on high,

Display with all your spheres,
Amid the darksome sky.
When silent night appears.
'0, let his works declare his name
Through all the universal frame I

52 11 & 10'b M. Whittmr.

9rue WilQvs^l^.

OHE whom Jesus loved has truly spoken I
, The holier worship which God deigns
to bless
Restores the lost and heals the spirit-broken.
And feeds the widow and the fatherless.

2 Then, brother man, fold to thy heart thy
brother 1
For where love dwells the peace of Grod is
there;
To worship rightly is to love each other ;

Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a
prayer.

WOi:SllIP AND PUAISE. 35

3 Follow with reverent steps the great example

Of Him whose holy work was doing good ;
So shall the wide earth seem our Fathers tem-
ple,
Each loving life a psalm of gratitude.

4 Thus shall all shackles fall ; the stormy clangor

Of wild war music o'er the earth shall
cease;
Love shaU tread out the halefiil fires of anger,
And in its ashes plant the tree of peace.

63 H. M. Watts,

{Sraise from all iS^rraturcs*
"VTE tribes of Adam, join
X With heaven, and earth, and seas.
And offer notes divine
To your Creator's praise :
Ye holy throng of angels bright I
In worlds of light, begin the song.

2 Thou sun with dazzling rays I

And moon that rules the night I
Shine to your Maker's praise,

With stars of twinkling light.
His power declare, ye floods on high I
And clouds that fly in empty air I

3 The shining worlds above

In glorious order stand.
Or in swift courses move.

By his supreme command :
He spake the word, and all their frame
From nothing came, to praise the Lord.

36 SABBATH WOBSniP.

4 His praise, ye worlds on high.
Display, with all your spheres,
Amid the darksome sky,
When silent night appears.
O, let his works declare his name
Through all the universal frame I

54 li- M. Tatb & Bkadt.

Srafse to t(e Grteat S^oba),

^E thou, O God, exalted high ;
And as thy glory fills the sky,
So let it be on earth displayed.
Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.

B'

2 O God, our hearts are fixed and bent
Their thankful tribute to present ;
And, with the heart, the ¥oice we '11 raise
To thee, our God, in songs of praise.

8 Thy praises. Lord, we will resound
To all the listening nations round ;
Thy mercy highest heaven transcends ;
Thy truth beyond the clouds extends.

4 Be thou, O God, exalted high ;
And as thy glory fills the sky,
So let it be on earth displayed.
Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.

55 ^ M. H. Ballou, 2».

PRAISE ye the Lord around whose throne
All heaven in ceaseless worship waits,

WOfiSHIP AMD FBAUBE. 37

Whose gloiy fills the worlds unknown—
Praise je the Lord from Zion's gates*

2 With mingling souls and voices join ;

To him the swelling anthem raise ;
Sepeat Ins imne with joy divine.
And fill the temple with his praise.

3 All-gracious God, to thee we owe

Each joj and blessing time aiibrds,—
Might, life, and health, and all below,
Spring from thy presence, Lord of lords.

4 Thine be the praise^ for thine the love

That freely all our sins forgave,
Pomtcd our dying eyes above.
And showed us life beyond the grave.

56 ^ ^ 7*0 ^ SONQS 01 TBI UnITT.

OMAKE a noise unto the Lord,
And, all ye lands adore him ;
With singing come before his throne,
And serve the Lord with gladness.

2 0, know ye that the Lord is (rod.

And he it is that made us,
Not we ourselves ; his people we,
The sheep within his pastiure I

3 O, come unto his courts with praise,

And enter with thanksgiving :
Be thankful all, and bless his name ;
For the Lord is good forever.

38 SABBATH WORSHIP.

57 8 & 7'S M. LlTBBPOOL COLk

PRAISE the Lord I ye heavens adore him ;
Praise him, angels in the height ;
Sun and moon, rejoice before him ;
Praise him, all ye stars of light !

8 Praise the Lord — for he hath spoken *
Worlds his mighty voice obeyed ;
Laws which never shall be broken,
For their guidance, he hath made.

8 Praise the Lord — for he is glorious ;
Never shall his promise ftul ;
God hath made his saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail.

4 Praise the God of our salvation.

Hosts on high his power proclaim ;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Laud and magnify his name.

53 L. M. Tatb & Bbadt.

an Xitronn tr^ovUti to SItioratfoii snDr |h:i(8e.

AVTlTH one consent, let all the earth

▼ ▼ To God their cheerful voices raise ;
Glad homage pay, with hallowed mirth,
And sing before him songs of praise ;

2 Assured that he is God alone.

From whom both we and all proceed, —
We, whom he chooses for his own,
The flock which he delights to feed.

WOBSUIP AND PUAI8E. Od

3 O, enter, then, his temple gate ;

Thence to his courts devoutly press ;
And still your grateful hymns repeat.
And still his name with praises bless ;

4 For he 's the Lord, supremely good ;

His mercy is forever sure ;
His truth, which always firmly stood.
To endless ages shall endure.

59 10 & 11*8 M. DOBDBIDGa.

Svafne anil Srultatfon.

0 PRAISE ye the Lord ; prepare a new song,
And let all his saints in ftdl chorus join ;
With voic>es united the anthem prolong,
And show forth his praises with music divine.

2 Let praise to the Lord, who made us, ascend ;

Let each grateful heart be glad in its King ;
The Grod whom we worsliip oiur songs will attend.
And view with complacence the offering we
bring.

3 Be joyful, ye saints, sustained by his might,

And let your glad song awake with each mom ;
For those who obey him are still his delight ;
His hand with salvation the meek will adorn.

4 Then praise ye the Lord ; prepare a glad song,

And let all his saints in full chorus join ;
With voices united the anthem prolong,

And show forth his praises with music divine.

40 6ABBATU WOK8UIP.

QQ L. M. St. Ahbroab.

BOTH heaven and earth do worship thee.
Thou Father of eternity ;
With splendor from thy glory spread
Are heaven and earth replenishld.

2 To thee all angels loudly cry.

The heavens and all the powers on high.
The apostles' glorious company.
The prophets' fellov^hip praise thee.

3 The noble and victorious host

Of martyrs make of thee their boast ;
The holy church, in every place
Throughout the earth exalts thy praise.

4 From day to day, O Lord, do we
Highly exalt and honor thee :
Thy name we worship and adore.
World without end, for evermore.

61 7*8 M. Salibbuet Coia.

Sltfovatlon anDr Sratee.

fOLY, holy, holy Lord I

Be thy glorious name adored.
Lord,thy mercies never fail :
Hail, celestial Goodness, hail I

w

2 Though unworthy. Lord, thine ear.
Deign our humble songs to hear ;
Purer praise we hope to bring
When around thy throne we sing.

WOBSHIF AND PUAISE. 41

3 While on earth ordained to staj.
Guide our footsteps in thy way ;
Then on high we'll joyful raise
Songs of everlasting praise.

4 There no tongue shall silent be;
All shall join in harmony,

That through heaven's capacious round
Praise to thee may ever sound.

5 Loixl, thy mercies never fail ;
Haily celestial Goodness , hail I
Holy, holy, holy Lord,

Be ^y glorious name adored.

62 0. M. Patbiox.

Se Beam.

GOD, we praise thee, and confess
That thou the only Lord
And everlasting Father art.
By all the earth adored.

0

2 To thee all angels cry aloud ;

To thee the powers on high.
Both cherubim and seraphim.
Continually do cry, —

3 O holy, holy, holy Lord,

Whom heavenly hosts obey.
The world is with the glory filled
Of thy majestic sway.

4 The apostles' glorious company.

And prophets ax)wned with light,

42 SABBATH WORSHIP.

With all the martjrrs' noble host,
Thy constant praise recite.

5 The holy church throughout the world,
O Lord, confesses thee —
That thou eternal Father art
Of boundless majesty.

63 8'8 & 7'8 M. Fawcett.

Aon of our SalbaUon.

PRAISE to thee, thou great Creator •
Praise be thine from every tonpi^'
Join, my soul, with every creature,
Join the universal sonn^.

'o"

2 Father, source of all compassion, I

Free, unbounded grace is thine : '

ELail the God of our salvation ;
Praise him for his love divine.

8 For ten thousand blessings given, |

For the hope of future joy,
Sound his praise through earth and heaven, i

Sound Jehovah's praise on high. I

4 Joyfully on earth adore him, I

Till in heaven our song we raise ;
There, enraptured, fall before him,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

g4 L. M. Watts.

8^e 38r(gttnes« of 6?oVs (Sriorj;.

[OW to the Lord a noble song I

Awake, my soul I awake, my tongue I

N'

WOBSHIF AND PRAISE. 43

Hosanna to tli' eternal name.

And all his bonndless love proclaim.

i The spadouB earth and spreading flood
Proclaim the wise, the powerful God,
And thy richglories from afar
Sparkle in eveiy rolling star ;

3 But in the gospel of thy Son

Are all thy mightiest works outdone ;
The light it pours upon our eyes
Outshines the wonders of the skies.

4 Our spirits kindle in its beam ;
It is a sweet, a glorious tlieme :
Ye angels, dwell upon the sound ;
Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground.

65 C M. ANONTMOUSi

#or ibtncerftjf In Woxnii^*

LORD I when we bend before thy throne^
And our confessions pour,
0 may we feel the sins we own,
And hate what we deplore.

2 Our contrite spirits pitying see ;

True penitence impart ;
And let a healing ray &om thee
Beam hope on every heart.

3 When we disclose our wants in prayer,

O let our wills resign ;
And not a thought our bosom share,
Which is not wholly thine.

44 SABBATn WORSHIP.

4 Then, on thy glories while we dwell.
Thy mercies we 11 review ;
With love divine transported, tell, —
** Thou, God, art Father too I "

gg L. IL Sib J. K Smith.

PRAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee ;
Thy saints adore thy holy name ;
Thy creatures bend th' obedient knee,
And, humbly, thy protection claim.

2 Thy hand has raised us from the dust ;
The breath of life thy Spirit gave ;
Where, but in thee, can mortals trust?
Who, but our God, has power to save?

8 Still may thy children in thy word
Their common trust and refuge see ;
O bind us to each other, Lord,

By one great tie, — the love of thee.

4 So shall our sun of hope arise.

With brighter still and brighter ray,
Till thou shalt bless our longmg eyes
With beams of everlasting day.

67 0. M. VAuaHAif.

C3n(bersal Drafse.

ALL ye nations, praise the Lord,
Ilis glorious acts proclaim ;
The fulness of his grace record,
And magnify his name

0.

WOBSniP AND PllAISE. 45

2 His love is great — his mercy sure,
And faitliful is his word ;
His truth forever shall endure :
Forever praise the Lord 1

68 L M BOWBIVCk

WHEN, wakened by thy voice of power,
The hour of morning beams in light,
My voice shall sing that morning hour,
And thee, who mad'st that hour so bright.

2 The morning strengthens into noon ;

Earth's fairest beauties shine more fair ,
And noon and momiag shall attune
My grateful heart to praise and prayer.

3 When 'neath the evening's western gate

The sun's retiring rays are hid.
My joy shall be to meditate,
E'en aj9 the pious patriarch did.

4 As twilight wears a darker hue.

And gathering night creation dims,
The twilight and the midnight, too.
Shall have their harmonies and hymns.

5 So shall sweet thoughts, and thoughts sublime,

My constant inspirations be ;
And every shifting scene of time
Eeflcct, my God, a light from thee.

46 SABBATH WOBSHIP.

69 0. M. U. Rathbl

General Vrafse,

HAIL I Source of light, of life, and loye.
And joys that never end ;
In whom all creatures live and move ;
Creator, Father, Friend.

2 All space is with thy presence crowned ;

Creation owns thy care ;
Each spot in nature's ample round.
Proclaims tiiat God is there.

3 Attuned to praise be every voice ;

Let not one heart be sad ;
Jehovah reigns I Let earth rejoice ;
Let all the isles be glad.

4 Then sound the anthem loud and long.

In sweetest, loftiest strains ;
And be the burden of the song,
The Lord, Jehovah, reigns 1

70 lO's & ir& Grant.

6roti Glorfous.

O WORSHIP the King, aU glorious above,
, And gratefully sing his wonderful love.
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with pnuse.

2 Thy bountiild care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light,
It streams firom the hiUs, it descends to the

plain,
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.

WORSHIP AND PRAISE. 47

3 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail.
In thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail ;
Thy mercies how tender 1 how firm to the end I
Our Maker, Defender, Bedeemer, and Friend.

71 C. M. JXKTIS.

Momage anH Bebotfon.
TTH sacred joy we lift our eyes

w

To those bright realms above,—
That glorious temple in the skies
Where dwells eternal love.

2 Thee we adore, and, Lord, to thee
Our filial duty pay ;
Thy service, unconstrained and free,
Conducts to endless day.

8 While in thy house of prayer we kneel
With trust and holy fear.
Thy mercy and thy truth reveal.
And lend a gracious ear.

4 With fervor teach our hearts to pray.
And tune our lips to sing ;
Nor from thy presence cast away
The sacrifice we bring.

72 C. M, G. BUKBEB.

Cftitt (0 lj>be.

COME, ye that know and fear the Lord I
And raise your souls above ;
Let every heart and voice accord
To sing that — God is love.

48 SABBATH WORSHIP.

2 Behold his loving-kindness waits

For those who from him rove,
And calls of mercy reach their hearts,
To teach them — God is love.

3 Oh I may we all, while here below,

This best of blessings prove ;
Till wanner hearts, in brighter worlds,
Shall shout that — Grod ia love.

73 L. M. 0. BoBBiir&

M Ayeat, l4)rti, tor t^s Setbant (eavct^.**

XT7HILE thus thy throne of grace we seek,

▼ ▼ O God, within our spirits speak 1
For we will hear thy voice to-day,
Nor turn our hardened hearts away.

2 Speak in thy gentlest tones of love,
Till all our best affections move ;
We long to hear no meaner call,
But feel that Thou art all in all.

3 To conscience speak thy quickening word.
Till all its sense of sin is stirred :

For we would leave no stain of guile.
To cloud the radiance of thy snule.

4 Speak, Father, to the anxious heart.
Till every fear and doubt depart :
For we can find no home or rest.
Till with thy Spirit's whispers blest.

WOCSHir AND FBAISE. 49

74 L. M. 61. a WxauT.

fBBm^ip in ApCrft anH in 8rut^.

FATHER of omnipresent grace 1
We seem agreed to seek thj face ;
But every soul assembled here
Doth naked in thj sight appear ;
Thou knoVst who only bows the kneey
And who in heart approaches thee.

2 To-day, while it is called to-day,
Awake and stir us up to pray ;
The spirit of thy word impart,
And breathe the life into our heart ;
Our weakness help, our darkness chase,
And guide us by the light of grace.

75 I^ M. Watts.

PRAISE, everlasting praise, be paid
To Him who earth's foundations laid ;
Praise to the Gt)d whose strong decrees
Sway all the world as he doth please.

2 Praise to the goodness of the Lord,
Who rules his people by his word ;
And there, as strong as his decrees,

* Reveals his kindest promises.

3 O for a strong, a lasting faith,

To credit what th' Almighty saith I
To hear the message of his Son,
And call the joys of heaven our own 1

50 SABBATH WORSHIP.

4 Tben, should the earth's firm pillars shakd,
And all the wheels of nature breaks
Our steady souls would fear no more
Than solid rocks when billows roar.

s^

76 S. M. SpIBIT Of THl FSALMB

1WEET is the task, O Lord,
Thy glorious acts to sing,
To praise thy name and hear thy word,
And grateful offerings bring.

2 Sw^et, at the dawning hour,

Thy boundless love to tell ;
And when the night-wind shuts the flowers
Still on the theme to dwell.

3 Sweet on this day of rest

To join in heart and voice
With those who love and serve thee best.
And in thy name rcgoice.

4 To songs of praise and joy,

Be every Sabbath given.
That such may be our best employ
Eternally in heaven.

4

•W a M. Watt&

Hicalt tSie SLorH. 98* T^fp

EXALT the Lord, our Grod,
And worship at his feet ;
His nature is all holiness,
And mercy is his seat.

Y£SPES8. 51

2 When Israel was his churA,
When Aaron was his priest,
When Moses cried, when Samuel prayed.
He gave fais people rest.

8 Oft he forgave flieir^ins,

Nor would destroy their race ;
And oft he made his vengeance known
When they abused his grace.

4 Exalt the Lord our God,

Whose grace is still the same ; —
Still he 's a God of holiness,
And jealous for his name.

VESPliKS. .

78 7's M. a F. Smttt

1 0FTLY fides the twi%ht ray
Of the holy Sabbath day ;
Gently as life's setting sun, .
When the Christian's coutse is run. ,

s*

2 Night hCT solemn mantle spreads
O'er the earth, as daylight fades ;
All things tell of calm repose

At the holy Sabbath's dose*

3 Peace is on the world abroad ;
T is the holy peace of God, —
Symbol of the peace within.
When the spirit rests from sin.

52 SABBATH WOBSHIP.

4 Still the Spirit lingers near,
Where the evening worshipper
Seeks communion with the skies.
Pressing onward to the prize.

79 7*8 M. FVBNBSS

MstRtt sf 3f (fl(t*

^LOWLY, by God's hand unfurled,
Down around the weary world
Falls the darkness ; O, how still
Is the working of his will I

S'

2 Mighty Spirit, ever nigh I
Work in me as silently ;

Veil the day's distracting sights,
Show me heaven's eternal lights.

3 Living stars to view be brought

In the boundless realms of thought ;
High and infinite desires,
Fhuning like those upper fires I

4 Holy truth, eternal right.

Let them break upon my sight ;
Let them shine serene and stiU,
And with light my being fill.

80 I'* ^ Anoktmoits.

Aabbatt Sbenfng.

rriHERE is a tune when moments' flow
Jl More happily than all beside ;
It is, of all the times below,
A Sabbath at the eventide.

VESPEBS. 03

2 0 then the setting sun shines fair,

And all below, and all above,
The various fonns of Nature, wear
One universal garb of love.

3 And then the peace that Jesus brought.

The life of grace eternal beams,
And we, by his example taught, <

Improve the life his love x^eems. .

4 Delightful scene I a world at rest ;

A Grod all love ; no grief, no fear ;
A heavenly hope, a peaceful breast,
A smile, unsullied by a tear.

81 L. M. Ck>iiLTaBt

Bbenfng lEtecoQectfoiis.

ANOTHER fleeting day is gone ;
Slow o'er the west the shadows rise ;
Swift the soflnstealing hours have flown,
And night's dark mantle veils the skies.

2 Another fleeting day is gone

Swift from the records of the year ; «•

And still, with each successive sun,
Life's fading visions disappear.

3 Another fleeting day is gone ;

But soon a fairer day shall rise,
A day whose never-setting sun
Shall pour its light o'er cloudless skies.

64 BABBAXH WORSHIP.

Sti !<• M. Bbbtiabt.

JKoniliig ntOi Sb(nfng«

GREAT Framer of the earth and sky,
Who dost the light and darimess give,
And all the cheerful change supply
Of alternating mom and eve I

2 Awake us from Mae sleep profoand.

And through our senses pour thy light ;
Be thy blest name the first we sound
At early dawn, the lost at night.

83 7'S M. BOAMB.

^OFTLY now the light of day
Fades upon my sight away ;
Fr^ from care, from labor free,
Lord, I will commune with thee.

S'

2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye
Nought escapes, without, within.
Pardon each infirmity.
Open &ult and secret sin.

8 Soon, for me, the light of day
Shall forever pass away ;
Then from sin and sorrow free.
Take me. Lord, to dwell with thee.

84 7*8 M. BOWBINO.

jPSomfng or SbenCng.— 011 from <Soti.

FATHER 1 Thy paternal care
Has my guardian been, my guide I

YESFEBS. 55

Every haDowed wish and prayer

Has thy hand of love supplied ;
Thine is every thought of bliss,

Left by hours and days gone by ;
Every hope thy offspring is,

Beaming from fu^uity.

2 Every sun of splendid ray ;

Every moon that shines serene ;
Every mom that welcomes day ;

Every evening's twilight scene ;
Every hour which wisdom brings ;

Every incense at thy shrine ;
These — and all life's holiest things,

And its &irest — all are thine.

3 And for all, my hymns shall rise

Daily to thy gracious throne ;
Thither let my asking eyes

Turn unwearied, righteous One I
llux)ugh life's strange vicissitude

There reposing all my care,
Trusting still through ill and good.

Fixed and cheered and counselled there.

85 L- M. Ebblb.

**SIMe tBftt us, for (t tu toterHs Bbenfiigt snti t^ 9as
(8 Ux dpent."

* rpiS gone, that bright and orbed blaze,
X Fast fading from our wistful gaze ;
Yon mantling cloud has hid from sight
The last faint pulse of quivering light.

56 SABBATH WOBSHIP.

2 Sun of my soul ! thou S.iviour dear.
It is not night if thou be near :
O may no earth-born cloud arise
To hide thee from thy servant^s eyes.

8 Abide with me from mom till eve,
For without thee I cannot live ;
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without thee I dare not die.

86 ^' ^^- BOWRINQ.

Sbenfitfl W&0X9W9*

HOW shall we praise thee. Lord of light I
How shall we aD thy love declare I
The earth is veiled in shades of night,

But heaven is open to our prayer, —
That heaven so bright with stars and suns —
That glorious heaven which has no bound.
Where the full tide of being runs,
And life and beauty glow around.

2 We would adore thee, God sublime I

Whose power and wisdom, love and grace
Are greater than the round of time.

And wider than the bounds of space.
O how shall thought expression find.

All lost in tliine immensity I
How shall we seek thee, glorious IVIind,

Amid thy dread infinity I

8 But thou art present with us here, ,
As in thy glittering, high domain ;
And grateful hearts and humble fear
Can never seek thy face in vain.

YE8PEC8. 57

4 Help us to praise thee, Lord of light t
Help us thy boundless love declare;
Aiid, here within thy courts to-night,
Aid us, and hearken to our prayer.

s^

87 P- H. S. LoHaf iLLOW.
9MUU,

^OFT as fades the sunset splendor,
And tlie light of day grows dim,
We to thee our praises render ;
Sing we thus our vesper hynm :
Jubilate I Amen I
Father, gracious, loving, tender,
O, accept the grateful strain.

2 Day by day comes rich in blessing ;
Night by night brings holy calm ;
Lord, to thee our praise addressing.
Rises thus our joyful psalm :
Jubilate! Amenl
But, unworthiness confessing,
Into silence fades again.

88 8*8 & 7*8 M. S. LONOTBLLOW.

NOW, on sea and land descending.
Brings the night its peace profound ;
Let our vesper hymn be blending

With the holy calm around.
Soon as dies the sunset glory,

Stars of heaven shine out above.
Telling stUl the ancient story, —
Their Creator's changeless love.

58 6ABBATU WOBSHIP.

2 Now our wants and burdens leaving

To his care, who cares for aD,
Cease we fearing, cease we grieving ;

At his touch our burdens fall.
As the darkness deepens o'er us,

Lo, eternal stars arise ;
Hope and Faith and Love rise glorious.

Shining in the spirit's skies*

89 10*8 M. ThB iNDBFBNDBire.

at t|»e %aMU

THE stream is calmest when it neare the
tide,
And flowers are sweetest at the eventide,
And birds most musical at close of day.
And saints divinest when thej pass away.

2 Morning is lovely, but a holier charm

Lies folded close in Evening's robe of balm ;
And weary man must ever love her best.
For morning calls to toil, but night to rest.

3 She comes from Heaven, and on her wings doth

bear
A holy fragrance, like the breath of prayer ;
Footsteps of angels follow in her trace.
To shut the weary eyes of day in peace.

4 O, when our sun is setting, may we glide
Like summer's evening down the golden tide ;
And leave behind us, as we pass away.
Sweet, starry twilight round our sleeping clay I

y£SP£B6. 59

90 L. M. Anontmoub.
Voir ct SendiTSt.

AGAIN, as evening's shadow Sdls,
We gather in these hallowed walls.
And vesper hymn and vesper prayer
lUse mingling on the holy air.
May struggling hearts that seek release
Here find the rest of God's own peace ; *
And strengthened here by hymn and prayer.
Lay down the burden and the care I

2 0 God, our Light, to thee we bow I
Within all shadows, standcst thou :
Give deeper calm than night can bring,
Grive sweeter songs than lips can sing 1
Life's tumidt we must meet again,
We'cannot at the shrine remain ;
But in the spirit's secret cell.
May hyom and prayer forever dwell I

91 G. M. AMONTMons

Sbenf iiff Sts^et.

rpHOU Lord of life I whose tender care
X Hath led us on till now.
We, in this quiet hour of prayer,
Before thy presence bow.

2 TIiou, blessed Gtxl I hast been our Guide,
Through life our Guard and Friend ;
O, still, on life's uncertain tide
Preserve us to the end.

6C SABBATH WOBSHIP.

8 To thee our grateful praise we bring
For mercies day by day :
Lord, teach our hearts thy love to sing,
Lord, teach us how to pray I

J)2 12'8&ir8M. Hkbkf.

SEE, daylight is fading, o'er earth and o'er
ocean.
The sun has. gone down on the far-distant
sea;
And now in the hush of the fitful commotion
We lift OUT tired spirits, blest Saviour, to
thee.

2 Full oft wast thou found afar on the mountain.
As eventide spread her dark wing d 'er the
wave:
Thou Son of the Highest, and life's endless

fountain.
Be with us, we pray thee, to bless and to save*

93 10'8&4*s. M. Anontmous.

FATHER Supreme I Thou high and holy
Onel

To thee we bow,
Now, when the burden of tlie day is gone,
Devoutly, now.

2 Night spreads her shade upon another day
Forever past ;

TESFERS* 61

So 0 'er our faults, thy love, we humbly pray,
A veil may cost.

3 Silence and calm, o 'er hearts by earth distrest,
Now sweetly steal ;
So eveiy fear that struggles in the breast
Shall fiuth conceal.

94 8. M. J. M. Ksiu

Sbmfiifl.

THE day, O Lord, is spent ;
Abide with us, and rest ;
Our hearts' desires are fully bent
On making thee our guest.

2 We have not reached that land,

That happy land, as yet,
Where holy angels round thee stand,
Whose sun can never set.

3 Our sun is sinking now ;

Our day is almost o'er :
O Sun of Righteousness, do thou
Shine on us evermore !

95 P. M. LoNaFBLLoVs Yespibs.

Bona nohiB 9<icem.
[EAR us, heavenly Father, hear us t
Crive to us thy perfect peace ;
Thou whose love unsleeping
Watch is ever keeping,
Shades of evening gather ;
Thou, our heavenly Father,

IT

62 SABBATH WOBSHIP.

Holy and merciful,
Hear our evening prayer I

2 When life's glooms o'ertake us,
Thou wilt not forsake us ;

When life's shadows darken,

Thou our cry wilt hearken ;
Holy and merciful I
Thou wilt hear our prayer.
Give us thy peace, O Lord I
Keep us in thy perfect peace.

96 8*8 7'b 6. Mrs. P. A. Hanaford.

Kj^mn Ux tlie SbentHie.

r^LORIOUS God, we come to bless thee,
^^ While the shades of eve draw near ;
In this hour serene and holy.

Worship thee with godly fear ;
And with loving trust we raise
To thy throne our song of praise.

2 Life, with all its countless blessings.

Death, the way to endless rest, —
Both alike awake our praises.

Thoughts of either make us blest ;
Day and night thy changeless love
Leads through each to heaven above.

3 There no shades of night shall gather,

Sin and tears shall be no more ;
There the glorious Star of evening

Gleams along the radiant shore ;
And the day that knows no end
In thy presence we shall spend.

TESFEBS. 63

4 Father, to tfaj throne of glory.

Lift we, then, our song of praise ;

Hopeful, trustful, and rejoicing,
Since thou rulest all our days ;

And life's last sweet eventide

Brings us to our Saviour's side.

97 L. H. LONOFSLLOV'S VBSPBBSi

0 BLEST Creator of the light I
Who didst the dawn from dartneas bring.
And in the heaven's glorious height
Didst bid the stars together sing ;
Who, gently bl<ending eve with mom

And mom with eve, didst call them day ;
Thick flows the flood of darkness down,
0, hear us as we come to pray.

2 Keep thou our souls from thought of crime ;

Keep them from guilt's remorsefid strife ;
Not living for the things of time,

But living the eternal life.
Teach us to knock at heaven's high door ;

Teach us the prize of life to vrin ;
Teach us aD evil to abhor.

And purify ourselves vrithin.

98 78 & 6a Saoabd Soyqs.
Sbenriifl SIspfratfQii.

rpBDE mellow eve is gliding
X Serenely down the west ;
So, every care subsiding,
My soul would sink to rest.

64 SABBATH WOBSHIP.

2 The woodland hum is ringing

The daylight's gentle close ;

May angels round me singing

Thus hynm my last repose.

3 The evening star has lighted

Her crystal lamp on high ;
So when in death benighted
May hope illume the sky.

4 In golden splendor dawning,

'Kie morrow's light shall break ;
Oh I on the last bright morning
May I in glory ^mke.

99 P* M. HONTGOliniT.

HARK I the vesper hynm is stealing
O'er the waters soft and clear ;
Nearer yet, and nearer pealing.
Now it bursts upon the ear I

Jubilate. Amen I
Farther now, now farther stealing,
Soft it fades upon the ear.

2 Now like moonlight waves retreating
To the shore, it dies along ;
Now like angry surges meeting,
Breathes Uie mingled tide of song.

Jubilate. Amen I
Hush I again like waves retreating
To the shore, it dies along.

▼E6FEJB8. 65

100 P. M. AvONTMOUSi

FADING, stOI fading, the last beam is shin-
ing
Father in heaven I the daj is declining :
Safety and innocence flee with the light ;
Temptation and danger walk forth with the

night;
From the fall of the shade till the morning bells

chime.
Shield us from danger and keep us from crime I
Father, have mercy, through Jesus Christ
our Lord I Amen.

2 Father in heaven, O hear when we call.
Through Jesus Christ, who is Saviour of all 1
Fainting and feeble, we trust in thy might :
In doubting and darkness, thy love be our light I
Let us sleep on thy breast while the night taper

bums.
And wake in thy arms when the morning

returns.
Father, have mercy, through Jesus Christ

our Lord 1 Amen.

101 L M. Ltba Oath.

Vtnpnn.

OTHOU true life of all that live I
Who dost, unmoved, all motion sway ;
Who dost the mom and evening give.
And through its changes guide the day ;

66 SABBATH WOfiSHIP.

2 Thy Kght upon our eyening pour, —
So may our souls no sunset see ;
But death to us an open door
To an eternal morning be.

102 7*8 )L Ahontmods.

rpHROUGH the changes of the day
A Kept by thy sustaining power,
Offering of thanks we pay,

Father, in tbia evening hour.
Praises to thy name belong.

Source and Giver of all good ;
While we lift our evening song

Fill our souls with gratitude 1

2 From the dangers which have frowned.

From the snares in secret set.
We have, through thy mercy, found

Safety and deliverance yet.
Spirit, who hast been our Light,

And the Guardian of our way.
Let thy mercy and thy might

Keep us to another day.

103 ^' ^ Litohfiild's Coll.

Sbenttifl K^mn.

I OD of the sunlight hours, how sad
r Would evening shadows be 1
Or night, in deeper shadows dad,
K aught were dark to thee I

G*

2 How mournfully that golden gleam
Would touch the thoughtful heart,

VESPEBS. 67

T£y with its softy r^tiiiag beanii
We saw thy light depart 1

3 Enough, while these dull heayens maj lower.
If here thy presence be ;
Theq midnight shall be morning houTi
And darbiess light to me. >

104 0. M. 6 L AlVONTMOUB.

ISfbentnie*

0 SHADOW in a sultry land I
We gather to thy breast,
Whose loTe, enfolding us like night,

l^rings quietude and rest ;
Glimpse of a fiiirer life to be,
In foretaste here possessed^

2 From all our wanderings we come,

From drifting to and fro,
From tossing on life's restless deq>,

Amid its ebb and flow ;
The grander sweep of tides serene

Our spirits yearn to know.

3 That which the garish day has lost.

The twilight vigil brings ; —
The breezes from celestial hills.

The draughts from deeper springs,
The sense of an immortal trust,

The touch of angel wings.

68 SABBATH WORSHIP.

105 L. M. W. H. BUBLBIQB.

O HOLY Father I 'mid the calm
And stillness of this evening hour,
We would lift up our solemn psalm,

To praise thy goodness and thy power :
For over us, and over all,

Thy tender mercies still extend,
Nor vainly shall thy children call

On thee, our Father and our Friend I

2 Kept by thy goodness through the day.

Thanksgiving to thy name we pour ;
Night o'er us, with its stars, — we pray

Thy love, to guard us evermore !
In grief, console ; in gladness, bless ;

In darkness, guide ; in sickness, cheer ;
Till, perfected in righteousness.

Before thy throne our souls appear I

106 ^. M- ^ 1. ANOHTMOUi.

at SVenrna S(nie let t^ttt be 3XfgfU

AT evening time, let there be light ;
Life's little day draws near its close ;
Around me fall the shades of night.

The night of death, the grave's repose ;
To crown my joys, to end my woes,
At evening time let there be light*

2 At evening time, there shall be light ;
For God hath spoken, — it must be ;
Fear, doubt, and anguish take their flight.

V£SP£IIS. 69

His gloiy now is risen on me ;
^line eyes shall his salvation see ;
T is evening time — and there is light.

107 ^ ^- Watts,

Sbmfng Ksmu.

rpHITS far the Lord has led me on,
X Thus far his power prolongs my days !
And every evening shall nuike known
Some firesh memorial of his grace.

2 Much of my time has run to waste,

And I, perhaps, am near my home ;
But he forgives my follies past.

He gives me strength for days to come.

3 I lay my body down to sleep ;

Peace is the pillow for my head ;
While well-appointed angels keep

Their watdiful stations roimd my bed.

4 Faith in his name forbids my fear :

O, may thy presence ne 'er depart 1
And in the morning make me hear
Thy love and kindness in my heart.

5 And when the night of death shall come,

Still may I trust Almighty Love, —
The love which triumphs o'er the tomb,
And leads to perfect bliss above.

to fiABBATH WORSHIP.

X08 ^- ^ Ha&ris.

rflHE stars are sparks of burning sand ;
X They fall, with measured sound dublime.
From the great hom^lass in Grod's hand.
And mete the flying years of time.

2 We watch them from our efirthly ball ;

We hear their faint, mysterious hynm ;
From east to west we see them fall
Beyond the blue horizon's rim*

3 O burning hour-glass of the skies I

O sparks fi*om glory's central sun t
Our dpirits, while ye fall, arise,
In Love's etemfd path to run.

4 From Grod ye roll in measured flight ;

Your gloiy failis beneath his feet.
To God we tend, from light to light.
And all who love in him shall meet.

2Q9 S. M. AN0NTM0I7&

Sbenrnfl Kjjmn.

TEQB day is past and gone ;
The evening shades appear ;
O, may we all remember well.
The night of death draws near I

2 We lay our garments by,
Upon our beds to rest ;
So death shall soon disrobe us all
Of what is here possessed.

VESPERS. 71

3 Lord, keep ns safe this night,
Secure from all our fears ;
May angels guard us, while we sleep.
Till morning light appears I

110 L ^- Bbitiabt.

THROUGHOUT the houra of darkness dim,
Still let us watch and raise the hymn ;
And in deep midnight's awAil calm.
Poor forth the soul in deepest psalm.

2 Amid the silence, dse so drear,
Think the Almighty leans to hear ;
Well pleased to list at such a time,
The wakefiil heart in praise sublime.

3 Sdll watch and pray and raise the hymn.
Throughout the hours of darkness dim I
God will not spurn the humblest guest.
But give us of his holy rest.

1X1 78 M. HiSBIONABT HaO.

Sbenrnff Xipmn.

LOKD of glory I King of power 1
In this lone and silent hour.
While th^ shades of darkness rise
And the eve is on the skies,
By thy blessing, as the dews.
Which yon shaded skies difiiise.
Bid our feverish passions cease ;
Calm us with thy promised peace.

72 8ABBATH WORSHIP.

2 Wheresoever the brow of pain
Seeks oblivion's balm in vain.
Or the form of watchful grief
Knows not of the night's relief.
There thy pity, softening pour.
There the spirit's calm restore ;
Till each tongue, from murmuring firee.
Wakes the hymn of praise to thee.

G*

112 p. M. Hnn.

Sbcitfii0 08p(ratron.

[_0D, that madest earth and heaven.

Darkness and light, —
Who the day for toil hast given,

For rest the night, —
May thine angel guards defend us.
Slumber sweet thy mercy send us,
Holy dreams and hopes attend us.

This livelong night.

113 '^'^ ^ ^^^^ ^ Wabisto.
ISbendiff Aong*

LORD 1 a happy child of thine.
Patient through the love of thee.
In the light, the life divine,
Lives and walks at liberty.

2 Leaning on thy tender care,

Thou hast led my soul aright ;
Fervent was my morning prayer.
Joyful is my song to-night.

VESPERS. 73

3 0 my Father, Guardian true I
All my life is thine to keep ;
At thy feet my work I do.
In thine arms I fall asleep.

1X4 ^' ^* Edmistos.

SWEET is the light of Sabbath eve,
And soft the sunbeams lingering there ;
For these blest hours, the world I leave.
Wafted on wings of faith and prayer.

2 Season of rest ! the tranquil soul

Feels the sweet calm, and melts to love — -
And while these sacred moments roll.
Faith sees the smiling heavens above.

3 Nor will our days of toil be long.

Our pilgrimage will soon be trod :
And we shall join the ceaseless song, —
The endless Sabbath of our God.

\\^ f 's M. 6 1. Ltra Apostouoa.

Vnptvu.

["OW the stars are lit in heaven ;
We must light our lamps on earth ;
Every star a signal given

From the God of our new birth :
Every lamp an answer faint,
Like the prayer of mortal saint.

2 ]Vfark the hour and turn this way,
Sons of Israel, far and near t

F

74 8ABBATII WORSHIP.

Wearied with the world's dim day,

Turn to Him whose eyes are here.
Open, watching day and night,
Beaming purest, holiest light.

3 There is One will bless your toil, —
He who comes in heaven's attire.
Mom by mom, with holy oil ;
Eve by eve, with holy fire I
Pray I your prayer will be allowed.
Mingling with his incense cloud.

S'

\IQ 6*8 & 7*8 M. F. T. PALCiRAva.

ITAR of mom and even.
Sun of heaven's heaven.
Saviour high and dear.
Toward us turn thine ear ;
Through whate'er may come,
Thou canst lead us home.

Saviour pure and holy.
Lover of tlie lowly,
Sign us with thy sign,
Take our hands in thine.
Take our hands and come.
Lead thy children home I

Star of mom and even.
Shine on us from heaven.
From thy glory-throne
Hear, O hear thine own I
Lord and Saviour, come.
Lead us to our home I

VESPEBS. 75

217 ^*^ ^ ^'' ^- Gbxoobt Naziakziv.

Ancftnt Asrnn.

CHRISTy mj Lordy I come to bless thee.
Now, when day is veiled in night ;
Thou who knowest no beginning,
Light of the Eternal I^ht I

2 Thou enlightenest man's high reason,

Far above the creatures dumb.
That, light in thy light beholding,
Wholly light he may become.

3 Li the night, our wearied nature

Bests from all its toil and tears ; -
To the works. Lord, that thou lovest,
Thou wilt call when day appears.

IIS L M. Martiitbav.

- Be stni anil ttnoto t^t S am Go)i.**

TTE who himself and God would know,
XX Into the silence let him go.
And, lifting off pall after pall,
Beach to the inmost depth of all.

2 Let him look forth into the night ;
What solemn depths, what silent might I
Those ancient stars, how calm they roll,
He but an atom 'mid the whole I

3 How small, in that uplifted hour,
Temptation's lure and passion's power I
How weak the foe that made him fall I
How strong the soul to conquer all I

®o)r«

HIS FEBFECnOKS AND ATTBIBUTES.

219 ^* M. Bowiuank

6vo)i*9 Sttstafiifiifl 9vesrace.

FATHER and friend, thj light, thj love
Beaming through all thy works we see ;
Thj glor^ gilds the heavens above,
And all the earth is full of thee.

2 Thy voice we hear, thy presence fed,
Whilst thou, too pure for mortal sight.
Involved in clouds, invisible,

Beignest the Lord of life and light.

8 We know not in what hallowed port

Of the wide heavens thy throne may be ;
But this we know, — that where thoa art.
Strength, wisdom, goodness, dwell with thee.

4 Thy children shall not fiiint nor fear.

Sustained by this delightful thought, — •
Since thou, their Crod, art everywhere.
They cannot be where thou art not.

HIS FEBFECTlONa .&in> ATTHIBITTES. 77

120 ^ ^ ^- ^^•

Setfecttan of 9ro)i.

rlOU art. Almighty Lord of all,
From everlasting still the same ;
Before thee dazding seraphs fall,
And veil their faces in a flame.
To see such bright perfections glow, —
Such floods of gloiy &om thee flow.

2 The sun himself is but a gleam,

A transient meteor, from thy thron6 ;
And eveiy frsSl and fickle beam,

That ever in creation shone,
Is nothing. Lord, compared to thee

In thy own vast immensity.

3 But though thy brightness may create

All worship from the hosts above,
What most thy name must elevate
• Is, that thou art a Crod of love ;
And mercy is the central sun

Of aU Oiy glories joined in one.

121 ^^'^ ^ DSEZHAVIV.

M <^ne €?oti anti JTatter. of aU/*

OTHOU Eternal One I whose presence
bright
All space doth occupy, all motion guide,
Unchanged through timers all-devastating flight,
Thou only God I there is no God beside.

2 Being above all beings. Mighty One,

Whom none can comprehend and none explore.

78 GOD.

Who fill'st existence with thyself alone.
Being whom we call God, and know no more I

8 Thj laws the unmeasured universe surround.
Upheld by thee, by thee inspired with breath ;
Thou the beginning with the end hast bound.
And beautifully mingled life with death.

4. Father I the effluence of ihy light divine,

Pervading worlds,hadi reached my bosom too ;
Yes ; in my spirit doth thy Spirit diine,
As shines the sunbeam in a drop of dew.

5 O thought ineffiJ>le I O vision blest I

Though poor be our conceptions all, of thee.
Yet shall thy shadowed image fill our breast.
And waft its homage to the Deity*

122 ^'^^ W.Gasmll.

^^mnrscfmce of 0ro^.

IGHTY God I the first, the last I
What are ages in thy sight
But as yesterday when past.
Or a watch within the night?

M"'

2 All that being ever knew,

Down, far down, ere time had birth.
Stands as clear within thy view.
As the present things of earth.

3 All that being e *er shall know

On, still on, through farthest years,
All eternity can show

Bright before thee now appears.

HIS FEBFECnONS AND ATTBIBUTES. 79

4 In thine all embracing sight

Every change its purpose meets,
Every cloud floats into light.
Every woe its glory greets.

5 Whatsoe'er our lot may be,

Calmly in this thought we 11 rest, — -
Could we see as thou dost see,
We should choose it as the best.

J23 ^^ Kippia,

GREAT God I in vain man's narrow view
Attempts to look thy nature through ;
Our laboring powers with reverence own
Thy glories never can be known.

2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought.
Who countless years his God has sought,
Such wondrous height or depth can find,
Or fully trace thy boundless mind.

3 And yet thy kindness deigns to show
Enough for mortal minds to know ;
While wisdom, goodness, power divine.
Through all thy works and conduct shine.

4 O, may our souls with rapture trace
Thy works of nature and of grace ;
Explore thy sacred truth, and still
Press on to know and do thy will.

80 GOD.

224 ^* ^* Emilt Bboiitb.

€roti ^^mnrproieiit

OGOD, within my breast,
Almighty, ever-present Deity 1
Life — that in me has rest,

As I — undying life — have power in thee I

2 With all-embracing love

Thy spirit animates eternal years^
Pervades and broods above,

Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates, and
rears.

3 Though earth and num were gone.

And suns and universes ceased to be.
And thou wort left alone.

Every existence would exist in thee.

4 There is no room for Death,

Nor atom that his might could render void ;
Thou — thou art being and breath.

And what thou art may never be destroyed.

125 I'- M. Wattb.

6v0)i*9 Constant ^te.

MY God ! how endless id thy love !
Thy gifts are every evening new ;
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil, like early dew.

2 Thou spread 'st the curtains of the night.
Great Guardian of my sleeping hours ;

HIS FEUFECTIOKS AND ATTBIBnTES. ^l

Thy soyereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsj powers.

3 I yield my powers to thy command ;
To thee I consecrate my days ;
Perpetual blessings from thy hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.

12Q a M. Dbennak

9te Sn)itDdUtig Crotr.

PJUK heaven of heavens cannot contain
The universal Lord :
Yet he in humble hearts will deign
To dwell, and be adored.

T

2 Where'er ascends the sacrifice

Of fervent praise and prayer,
Or pn the earth, or in the skies^
The God of heaven is there.

3 His presence is diffused abroad,

Through realms, through worlds unknown :
Who seek the mercies of our God
Are ever near his throne.

27 ^ ^ Anohtmoub.

•* In iDlpse Aanti are sH t^s Was*.**

GOD of my life, whose gracious power
Through varied deaths my soul hath led,
Or turned aside the fatal hour.
Or lifted up my sinking h^ad I

82 ooD.

In oil my ways tliy hand I own,

Thy ruling providence I see :
Assist me still my course to run.

And still direct my paths to thee.

Whither, O, whither should I fly,
But to my loving Father's breast ;

Secure within thine arms to lie.

And safe beneath thy wings to rest I

I have no skill the snare to shun.
But thou, O God I my wisdom art ;

1 ever into ruin run.

But thou art greater than my heart.

\2S ^ M- Walker's Coll.

- €ro1i, tDftt totom Is no VaxUfiUnau.**

ALL-POWERFUL, self-existing God,
Who all creation dost sustain I
Thou wast, and art, and art to come,
And everlasting is thy reign I

2 Fixed and eternal as thy days,

Each glorious attribute divine,
Tlirough ages infinite, shall still
With undiminished lustre shine.

8 Fountain of being I Source of good I
Immutable thou dost remain I
Nor can the shadow of a change
Obscure the glories of tliy reign.

4 Earth may, with all her powers, dissolve,
If such the great Creator's will ;

ms PERFECTIONS AXD ATTBIBUTES. 83

But thou forever art the same, —
I AM, is tliy memorial still.

129 8. 7. & 4'8 M. Kelly

17^ VERY human tie may perish ;
-i Friend to friend unfaithful prove ;
Mothers cease their own to cherish ;
Heaven and earth at last remove ;

But no changes
Can avert the Father's love.

2 In the furnace God may prove thee.

Thence to bring thee forth more bright;
But can never cease to love thee ;
Thou art precious in his sight :

God is with thee, —
God, thine everlasting light.

130 ^* ^ DODDRnNIB.

JTaft) m t(e SnbfsAU «oti.

ALMIGHTY and immortal King,
Thy peerless splendors none can bear ;
But darkness veils seraphic eyes,

When God with all his glory *8 there.

2 Yet faith can pierce the awful gloom^

The great Invisible can see.
And with its tremblings mingle joy.
In fixed regards, great Gx>d, to thee.

3 This one petition would it urge, —

To bear thee ever in its sight ;

84 QOD.

In life, in death, in worlds unknown.
Its onlj portion and delight.

]31 H.M. Watts

8le BCbTne JVafests*
PHE Lord Jehovah reigns ;

T

His throne is built on high ;
The garments he assumes
Are light and majesty :
His glories shine

With beams so bright,
No mortal eye

Can bear the sight.

i The thunders of his hand

Keep the wide world in awe ;
His truth and justice stand
To guard his holy law ;
And where his love
Sesolves to bless,
His truth confirms
And seals the grace.

3 And can this mighty King
Of glory condescend ?
And will he write his name
«* My Father and my Friend'*?
I love his name,

I love his word :
Join, all my powers,
And praise the Lord I

HIS FEBFECnONS AND ATTBIBtJTES. 85

132 L* ^ Anortmovb.

rpcnr ways, O Lord, with wise design,
X Are framed upon thy throne above,
And every dark or bending line
Meets in the centre of l£y love.

2 With feeble light, and half obscmre, .

Poor mortals thine arrangements view,
Kot knowing that the least are sure,
And the mysterious just and true.

3 They neither know nor trace the way ;

But, trusting to thy piercing eye.
None of their feet to ruin stray,
Nor shall the weakest fail or die.

4 My fiivored soul shall meekly lefim

To lay her reason at thy throne ;
Too weak thy secrets to discern,
111 trust thee for my guide alone.

133 8. P. M. Watts.

0(e iHaJestj; of CRoti.

pHE Lord Jehovah reigns ;
And royal state maintains,

His head with awful glories crowned,
Arrayed in robes of light.
Begirt with sovereign might,

And rays of majesty around.

T

86 GOD.

2 Upheld by thy commands,

The world securely stands.
And skies and stars obey thy word ;

Thy throne was fixed on high,

Ere stars adorned the sky ;
Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.

8 Thy promises are trae ;

Thy grace is ever new ;
There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove ;

Thy saints, with holy fear.

Shall in thy courts appear.
And sing tbne everlasting love.

]^34f ^* ^* STBENHOZ.BW

jff afeits of GroH.

THE Lord descended from above,
And bowed the heavens most high.
And underneath his feet he cast
The darkness of the sky.

2 On cherubim and seraphim
Full royally he rode.
And on the wings of mighty winds
Came flying dl abroad.

8 He sat serene upon the floods
Their fury to restrain.
And he, as sovcrei<nrn Lord and King,
For evermore shall reign.

HIS PERFECTIONS AND ATTRIBUTES. 87

135 L. M. COHDBB.

THE Lord is King ! lift up thy voice,
O earth and all jc heavens rejoice I
From world to world the joy shall ring ;
The Lord Omnipotent is King.

2 The Lord is King I O child of dust.
The Judge of all the earth is just :
Holy and true are all his ways ;
Let every creature speak his praise.

3 Come, make your wants, your burdens known ;
The contrite soul he '11 ne'er disown ;

And angel bands are waiting there,
His messages of love to bear.

4 O, when his wisdom can mistake.
His might decay, his love forsake ;
Then may his children cease to sing
The Lord Omnipotent is King.

136 0. M. Whittidl

rr^HE wrong that pains my soul below
JL I dare not throne above ;
I know not of His hate, — I know
His goodness and his love.

2 I dimly guess from blessings known
Of greater ©ut of sight,
And, with the chastened Psalmist, own
His judgments, too, are right.

88 GOD.

8 No offering of my own I have.
Nor works my faith to prove ;
I can but give the gifts he gave.
And plead his love for love.

4 O brothers ! if my faith is vain.

If hopes like these betray ,
Pray for me that my feet may gain
^e sure and safer way.

5 And thou, O Lord I by whom are seen

Thy creatures as they be,

Forgive me if too dose I lean

My hunuin heart on thee I

137 Vb M. Topladt.

CBoti our liCfir.

LOBD, it ia not life to live,
If thy presence thou deny ;
Lord, if thou thy presence give,
T is no longer death to die.

2 Soured and giver of repose.

Singly from thy smile it flows ;
Peace and happiness are thine ;
Mine they are, if thou art mine.

13S ll's M. Btbox.

CBoH OUT S])ep1)evTi anti flruatliCan.

rpHE Lord is our Shepherd, our Guardian
JL and Guide ;
Whatever we want he will kindly provide :

HIB FEBFECmONS AND ATTRIBUTEfl. 89

ITis care and protection his flock will surround ;
To them will his mercies forever abound.

2 The Lord is our Shepherd; what, then, shall

we fear?
Shall dangers affrighten us while he is near?
O, no : when he «iUsus we 'U walk through the

vale.
The shadow of death, but our hearts shall not

fail.

8 Afraid, of ourselves, to pursue the dork way.
Thy rod and thy staff be our comfort and stay ;
We know by thy guidance, when once it is past,
To life and to glory it brings us at last.

4 The Lord is become our salvation and song.
His blessings have followed us all our life long ;
His name will we praise, while he lends to us

breath.
Be joyful through life, and resigned in our
death.

* 39 L. M. 6 L Addiboh.

0rO)l OUT i6ftC9l»»T|.

ri^HE Lord my pasture shall prepare,
X And feed me with a shepherd's core ;
His presence shall my wonts supply.
And guard me with a watchful eye ;
My noon-day walks he shall attend.
And all my midnight hours defend.

2 When in the sultry glebe I faint.
Or on the thirsty mountsuns pant.

do GOD.

To fertile yales and dewy meads
My weary, wandering steps he leads,
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow.
Amid the verdant landscape flow.

8 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread.
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou, O Lord, art with me still.
Thy friendly staff shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadM shade.

4 Though, in a bare and rugged way.
Through devious, lonely wUds I stray.
Thy bounty shall my pains beguile, —
The barren wilderness shall smile,
With sudden greens and herbage crowned.
And streams shall murmur aU around*

140 0 M- F^«-

ScftnotoleTijnnent of SDidie JUbe*

HOW dread are thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord I
By prostrate spirits day and night
Incessantly adored !

2 Yet I may love thee too, O Lord I
Almighty as thou art,
For thou hast stooped to ask of me *
The love of my poor heart.

8 No earthly father loves like thee.
No mother half so mild

HIS FEBFECnONS AND ATTRIBUTES 91

Bears and forbears, as thou hast done
With me, thy sinful child.

4 Only to sit and think of God — *

0 what a joy it is !

To think the thought, to breathe the names
Earth has no higher bliss I

141 S. M. Has. Stxiu

0ro)i out #at(er.
TiTT Father I dieering name I
-WA O, may I call thee mine f
Give me the humble hope to claim
A portion so divine.

2 Whatever thy will denies,

1 calmly would resign ;

For thou art just, and good, and wise :
O, bend my will to thine I

3 Whate*er thy will ordains,

0 give me strength to bear ;
Still let me know a father reigns,

And trust a father^s care.

4 Thy ways are little known

To my weak, erring sight;.

Yet shall my soul, believing, own

That all thy ways are right.

5 My Father ! blissful name I

Above expression dear !
If thou accept my humble daim,

1 bid adieu to fear.

92 GOD.

\4Q ^* ^' Akovtmottb.

0rotr our fat^n.

EVEN he who lit the stars of old,
And filled the ocean broad.
Whose works and ways are manifold, —
Our Father is oiu: Ood.

2 There comes no change upon his years.

No failure to his hand ;
£Bs love will lighten all our cares,
His law our steps command.

3 Then as his children we may come,

For he hath called us near,
And bade our souls take courage from
The love that casts out fear.

4 Lord, while on earth we work and pray
' For good withheld or given :

Help us in faith and love to say,
Father, who art in heaven I

143 a M. watw.

0ro)i t)e ftrestot*

ETERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise ;
Thee all thy creatures sing :
While with thy name, rocks, hills, and seas,
And heaven's high palace, ring.

2 Thy hand, how wide it spread the slsy I
How glorious to behold 1
Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye,
And decked with sparkling gold.

HIS PERFECTIONS AND ATTRIBUTES. 93

3 Thy glories blaze all nature round.

And strike the gazing sight,
Through skies, and seas, and solid ground,
Witii terror and delight.

4 Almighty power, and equal skilly

. Shine tbrough the worlds abroad.
Our souls with vast amazement fill.
And speak the builder, God.

144 ^ ^ ^'" ^* BowAurck

€Eoti Cs Aobe.

GOD is love ; his mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove ;
BUss he wakes, and woe he lightens ;
(jod is wisdom, God is love.

2 Chance and change are busy ever)

Man decays, and ages move ;
But his mercy waneth never ;
Gt)d is wisdom, Grod is love.

3 E*en the hour that darkest seemeth

Will his changeless goodness prove.
From the gloom his brightness streameth ;
God is wisdom, God is love.

4 He with earthly cares entwineth

Hope and comfort from above :
Everywhere his glory shineth ;
Grod is wisdom, God is love.

94 GOD.

\4i5 ^' ^ ANOimOTTt.

I CANNOT always trace the way
Where thou, Ahnighty One, dost movey
But I can always, always say
That God is love.

2 When Fear her chilling mantle flings.
O'er earth, my soul to heaven above.
As to her native home, upsprings.
For God is love.

8 When mystery clouds my darkened path,
1 11 check my dread, my doubts reprove ;
In this my soul sweet comfort hath.
That God is love.

][4g L. M. Haeub.

PlOM all who dwell in heaven above
We hear the anthem, •* God is Love I **
While, through the souls of all below.
His tender mercies ever flow.

2 O, while this glorious faith we own
Be love in all our acts made known ;
Then blinded eyes shall ope to see
Gt)d is not wrath, but charity*

8 He sows the suns, like golden grain.
On the blue ether's boundless plain.
Yet in the soul ius mercies are
More vast, more bright than every star.

HIS PEBFECriONS AND ATTRIBUTES. 95

4 Teach ns, O Lord I like thee, to give
To all that love wherein we live ;
Till earth below, to heaven above.
Repeats the anthem, *' God is Love."

147^ « 7*8 M. AHOHmOUB.

EARTH with her ten thousand flowers.
Air, with all its beams and showers, .
Ocean's infinite expanse.
Heaven's resplendent countenance ;
All around, and all above,
Hath this record, — God is love.

2 Sounds among the vales and hills.
In the woods and by the rills.

Of the breeze and of the bird,
By the gentle murmur stirred ;
All these songs, beneath, above.
Have one burden, — Gtxl is love.

3 All the hopes and fears that start
From the fountain of the heart ;
All the quiet bliss that lies

In our human sympathies ;
These are voices from above.
Sweetly whispering, — God is love.

]^4S ^* ^* Anciknt Cath. Htmv.

CiqVb alUrmtracCns l^be.

rPHOU Grace divine, encircling all 1
X A soundless, shoreless sea ;

d6 GOD.

Wliercin at last our souls shall fall ;
O Love of Grod, most free,

2 When over dizzy steeps we go,
One soft hand blinds our eyes ;
Hie other leads us safe and slow,
O Love of Grod most wise !

8 And though we turn as from thy face.
And wander wide and long,
Thou hold'st us still in thine embrace,
O Love of God most strong !

4 The saddened heart, the restless soul.

The toil-worn frame and mind,
Alike confess thy sweet control,
O Love of God most kind !

5 But not alone thy care we claim.

Our way^'ard steps to win ;
We know dice by a dearer name,
O Love of God within !

6 And filled and quickened by thy breath.

Our souls are strong and free ;
To rise o'er sin, and fear, and death,
O Love of God, to thee 1

j[49 ^- ^- Bboww,

ISnnietsal CSooTiness of C&otr,

LORD, thou art good I all nature shows
Its mighty Author kind :
Thy bounty through creation Hows,
Full, free, and unconfined.

HIS FEBFECTION8 AND ATTRIBUTES. 97

2 It fills the wide extended main,

And heavens which spread more wid6 :
It drops in gentle showers of rain.
And rolls in every tide.

3 Through the whole earth it pours supplies,

Spreads joy through every part :
0 may such love attract my eyes.
And captivate my heart !

4 My highest admiration raise,

My best affections move ;
Employ my tongue in songs of praise,
And fill my heart with love.

150 '^^ ^ DODDBIDOl.

pTEAVENLY Father, gracious name I
XX Night and day his love the same I
Far be each suspicious thought.
Every anxious care forgot !

2 What if death my sleep invade?
Should I be of death afraid?
While encircled by thine arm,
Death may strike, but cannot harm.

3 With thy heavenly presence blest,
Death is life, and labor rest.
Welcome sleep or death to me.
Still secure, — for still with dice.

98 GOD.

\Q\ IVb M. Db. Johhsov.

ffioH an) jff Bn«

OTHOU, whose power o'er moving worlds
presides,
Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides I
On hopeful man in pure effulgence shine,
And cheer his waiting mind with light divine.

2 Tis thine alone to calm the troubled breast
With silent confidence and holy rest ;
From thee, great God I we spring ; to thee we

tend,
Path, Motive, Guide, Original, and End.

152 8 & 7'8 M. ANONTKOU&

ffioH of dalbatfon*

HAIL, the God of our salvation,
Triumph in redeeming love !
Let us all, with exultation.
Imitate the blest above.

2 Light of those whose dreary dwelling

Bordered on the shades of death.
He hath, by his grace revealing,
Scattered all the clouds beneath.

3 Father, Source of all compassion,

Pure, imboimded Love thou art ;
Hail, the God of our salvation.
Praise him, every diankful heart I

4 JoyftJly on earth adore him.

Till in heaven we take our place ;

lOB PEIiFEGnONS AND ATTBIBITTES. 99

llierey enraptured, fall before him.
Lost in wonder, love and praise.

153 8& VL BooG.

€Mr tf WiXU.

BLESSED be thy name forever.
Thou of life the Guard and Giver I
Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping,
Heal the heart long broke vrith weeping : '
God of stillness and of motion.
Of the desert and the ocean,
Of the mountdn, rock and river,
Blessed be thy name forever !

2 Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest.
Blest are they thou kindly keepest.
God of evening's parting ray
Of midnight gloom and dawning day,
That rises irom the azure sea
Like breathings of eternity ;
God of life I that fade shall never.
Blessed be thy name forever !

154 a M. 6 1. ooKUBB.

GoVs Sreseiice*

BEYOND, beyond the boundless sea, I
Above that dome of sky,
Farther than thought itself can flee.

Thy dwelling is on high ;
Yet dear the awful thought to me.
That thou, my God, art nigh.

100 GOD.

2 We hear thy voice, when thunders roll
Throng the wide fields of air ;

The waves ob^ thy dread control ;
Yet still thoa art not there.

Where shall I find him, O my soul.
Who yet is everywhere?

8 0» not in drding depth or height,

But in the conscious breast,
Present to faith, though veiled from sight.

There does his Spirit rest.
O, come, thou Presence Infinite,

And make thy creature blest.

155 L. IL 6 I. HONTGOKIBT.

0rt) CrooH anH #miif8cfent*

HOW precious are thy thoughts of peace,
O God I to me, — how great the sum I
New every mom, they never cease ;

They were, they are, and yet shall comCf
In number and in compass more
Than ocean's sand or ocean's shore.

2 Search me, O God I and know my heart,

Try me, my secret soul survey ;
And warn thy servant to depart

From every false and evil way :
So shall thy truth my guidance he.
In life and immortality.

156 ^^^ ^ JonmVbbt.
0roli'8 #at))erl|; ftare.

FATHER 1 there is no change to live with thee,
Save that in Christ I grow from day to day.

HIS FEBFECnONS AND ATTRIBUTES. 101

In each new word I hear, e&di thing I see,
I but rejoicing hasten on mj way.

2 The morning comes, with blushes overspread.
And L new-wakened, find a mom within ;
And in its modest dawn around me shed.
Thou hear'st the prayer and the ascending
hymn.

8 Hour follows hour, the lengthening shades de-
scend.
Yet they could never reach as far as me.
Did not thy love its kind protection lend,
That I, thy child, might sleep in peace with
thee.

157 ^ ^ AvoimioTrB.

6ro1i ^mnf:pref ent.

rPHERE *S not a place in earth's vast round,
jL In ocean deep, or air.
Where skill and wisdom are not found,
For God is everywhere.

2 Around, within, below, above.

Wherever space extends.
There heaven displays its tx)undless love,
And power with mercy blends.

3 Then rise, my soul, and sing his name.

And all his praise rehearse.
Who spread abroad earth's wondrous frame.
And built the universe.

103 OO0.

4 Where'er thine earthly lot is cast,
ELis power and love declare ;
Nor thmk the mighty theme too vast,
For God is everywhere.

158 0. M. Tats & B&ast.
Dfirti IKKcjiiaiiflesble.

rpHROITGH endless years thou art the same,
JL O thou eternal God ;
Each fiiture age shall know thy name,
And tell thy works abroad.

2 The strong foundations of the earth
Of old hj thee were laid ;
By thee the beauteous arch of heaven
With matchless skill was made.

8 Soon may this goodly frame of things^
Created by thy hand,
.Be, like a vesture, laid aside,
And diaaged at thy command.

4 But thy perfections, all divine,
Eternal as thy days.
Through everlasting ages shine.
With undimiiushed rays.

159 ^» ^ Spirit of the Psaiub.

EBE mountains reared their forms sublime
Or heaven and earth in order stood,
Before the birth of ancient time.
From everlastinor thou art God.

HIS PEKTECnONS AND ATTKIBUTES. 103

2 A thousand ages» in their flighty

Witli thee are aa a fleeting day ;
Past, present, future, to thy sight
At once their various scenes display,

3 But our brief life 's a shadowy dream,

A passing thought, that soon is o'er,

That fades with morning's earliest beam.

And fills the musing mind no more.

4 To us, O Lord, the wisdom give.

Each passing moment so to spend,
That we at length with thee may live
"Where life and bliss shall never end.

160 ^- ^ Whittmb.

0rQtl to GooH.

I SEE the wrong that round me lies,
I feel the guilt within ;
I hear, with groans and travail-cries,
The world confess its sin I

2 Yet in the maddening maze of things,
And tossed by storm and flood,
To one fixed' star my spirit clings :
I know that God is good !

8 Not mine to look where cherubim
And seraphs may not see,
But nothing can be good in Him
Which evil is in me.

104 GOD.

\Q\ L. BL WniTTiKB.

THE path of life we walk to-day
Is strange as that the Hebrews trod ;
We need the shadowing rock as they,
We need, like them, the guides of God.

2 God send his angels, Oloud and Fire,
To lead us o'er the desert sand I
God give our hearts their long desire,
His shadow in a weary land 1

162 L. M. Watts.

CTlie JBtWne Sefng snir Serfectfons.— ils. VTi!^*

HIGH in the heavens, eternal God,
Thy goodness in full glory shines ;
Thy truth shall break through every cloud.
That veils and darkens thy designs.

2 Forever firm thy justice stands.

As mountains their foundations keep ;
Wise are the wonders of thy hands ;
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.

8 Thy providence is kind and large :

Both men and beasts thy bounty share :
The whole creation is thy charge ;
But saints are thy peculiar care.

4 Life, like a fountain full and free.

Springs from the presence of my Lord ;
And in thy light our souls shall see
The glories promised in thy word.

HIS FECFECnONB AND ATTRIBUTES. 105

163 ^ ^- ^^™-
6ro1i*8 Snftff rte anH Sternal SDomfffCofiU

GREAT God, how infinite art thou I
How weak and &ail are we I
Let the whole race of creatures bowy
And pay their praise to thee.

2 Etemitj, with all its years,

Stands present in thy view ;
To thee there 's nothing old appeare —
Great Gxxl I there 's nothing new.

3 Oar lires through yarious scenes &re drawn.

And vexed with trifiing cares,
While thine eternal thoughts moye on
Thine undisturbed affairs.

164 C- ^ Watt&
Sotoer, W/SMvnt anH droolrnnrs of tfroH.

I SING the mighty power of God,
lliat made the mountains rise.
That spread the flowing seas abroad,
And built the lofty skies.

2 I sing the wisdom that ordained
The sun to rule the day :
The moon shines full at £Qs command,
And all the stars obey.

8 I sing the goodness of the Lord,
That filled the earth with food ;
He formed the creatures with his word,
And then pronounced them good.

lOe GOD.

4 There 's not a plakit or flower below.
But makes thy glories known ;
And cloads arise and tempests blow
By order from tliy throne.

165 ^- ^ Whittiml

SrUne Groolrness.

Xl^HO fatboms the Eternal Thought?

T f Who talks of scheme and plan?
The Lord is Grod I he needeth not

The poor ddyioe of man.

2 I walk with bare» hushed feet the ground

Men tread with boldness shod ;
I dare not fix with mete and bound
The love ajid power of God.

3 Tbey praise his justice ; even such

His pitying love I deem ;
They seek a king ; I fain would touch
The robe that hath no seam.

4 They see the curse which oveii>roods

A world of pain and loss ;
I hear our Lord's beatitudes
And prbyer upon the cross.

\QQ L, M. Watcs.

9utiirc gltroratfon. 9s* c.

BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne.
Ye nations bow with sacred joy I
Kn6w that the Lord is God alone :
He .can create, and he destroy.

HIS PEKFECmONS AND ATTRIBUTES. 107

2 Hid sovereign power, without our aid.

Made us of clay, and formed ua men ;
And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed.
He brought us to liis fold again.

3 We are bis people, we his care, —

Our souls and all our mortal frame :
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?

4 We 11 crowd thy gates : with thankful songs

High as the heavens our voices raise ;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

5 Wide as the world is thy conunand,

Vast as eternity thy love ;
Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand
When rolling years shall cease to move.

167 CL M. Tatb & Bradt.

OTHOU, to whom all creatures bow
Within this earthly frame,
Through all the world how great art thou I
How glorious is thy name I

2 When heaven, thy glorious work on high,

Employs my wondering sight, —
The moon that nightly rules the sky,
With stars of feebler light, —

3 Lord, what is man, that he is blessed

With thy peculiar cate I

108 GOD.

Why on his oiTspring is conferred
' Of love so large a share?

4 0 Thou, to whom all creatures bow
Within this earthly frame,
Through all the world how great art thou t
How glorious is thy name I

1(58 8. K Watts.

8tie nnCsfUng 9ol^tt.

[IGH as the heavens are raised
Above the ground we tread,
So far the riches of His grace
Our highest thoughts exceed.

H'

2 His power subdues our sins,
And his forgiving love.
Far as the east is irom the west.
Doth all our guilt remove.

8 The pity of the Lord,

To those who fear his name,

la such as tender parents feel :

He knows our feeble frame.

4 Our days are as the grass,

Or like the morning flower :
If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field.
It withers in an hour.

5 But thy compassions, Lord,

To endless years endure ;
And children's children ever find.
Thy words of promise sure.

HI8 FEBFECnONS AND ATTRIBUTES. 109

IQQ L. M. Bbtakt.

SbCTs ttoo)y 6rf(t from tj|)e#at]iet«

FATHER, to thy kind love we owe
All that is fair and good below ; *
Bestower of tlie health that lies
On tearless cheeks and cbeerfiil eyes I

2 Giver of sunshine and of rain I
Kipener of fruits on hill and plain I
Fountain of light, that, rayed afar.
Fills the vast urns of sun and star I

3 Who send 'st thy storms and frosts to bind
The plagues that rise to waste mankind ;
Then breathest, o^er the naked scene.
Spring gales, and life, and tender green.

4 Yet deem we not that thus alone.
Thy mercy and thy love are shown ;
For we have learned, with higher praise.
And holier names, to speak thy ways.

5 In woe's dark hour, our kindest stay I
Sole trust when life shall pass away I
Teacher of hopes that light the gloom
Of death, and consecrate the tomb I

170 ^^ ^^"^

<firo)y our IQely. 9s* V^*

OUB Gh>d, our help in ages past.
Our hope for years to come I
Our shelter fit>m the stormy blast,
And our eternal home 1

110 OOD.

S Before the hflls in order stood,
Or earth received her frame.
From everlastiiig thou art Grod,
To endless years the same.

3 A thousand ages in thy sight

Are like an evening gone ;
Short as the watch that ends the night.
Before the rising sun.

4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream.

Bears all its sons away ;
Then fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

5 Our God, our help in ages past.

Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home I

271 L. M. 6 L Momtgobubt's Coll.

<{^mnr|iresence of QroTi.

ABOVE, below, where'er I gaze,
Thy guiding finger, Lord, I view.
Traced in the midnight planet's blaze.

Or glist'ning in the morning dew :
Whate'er is beautiful or fair
la but thine own reflection there.

2 And- when the radiant orb of light

Hath tipped the mountain tope wifih gold.
Smote wiUi the blaze, my weary ai^t
Shrinks from the wonders I behold ;

HIS FEBFECnONjS AND ATTBIBUTES. Ill

That ray of glory, bright and fiur,
Is but thy living shadow there.

3 Thine is the silent noon of niglit.
The twilight eve, the dewy mom ;
Whate'er is beauiifltl and bright,

Thy hands have fashioned to adorn.
Thy glory walks in every sphere,
And all things whisper , *^ God is hete.''

172 8 & 7*8 M. H. BoHit

1|l7T3S, for me, for me he caretfa,
X With a Father's tender care ;
Yes, with me, with me he beareth
Every burden, every fear.

2 Yes, in me abroad he sheddeth

Joys unearthly, love and light ;
And, to cover me, he spreadeth
His love-brooding wing of might.

3 Yes, in me, in me he dwelleth,

I in him, and he in me ;
And my longing soul he fQleth,
Here and through eternity.

X73 ^' ^- MoirrQOiisBT.

0ro)i*g i^aftfifulneni.

FAITHFUL, O Lord, thy merdes are,
A rock that cannot move ;
A thousand promises declare
Thy constancy of love.

112 OOD.

2 Who trusted in thy word of old

Were never put to shame ;
And as thy purposes unfold,
Thy truth is still the same.

3 Thou waitest to be gracious still ;

Thou dost with sinners bear.
That, saved, we may tfiy goodness feel.
And all thy grace dedioe.

4 Its streams the whole creation reach,

So plenteous is the store ;
Enough for all, enough for each,
Enough for evermore.

jy^ L. M. D0DDBIDG&

Svsfse tot 9(b(ne ei^otintsB.

GOD of my life, through all its days
My grateful powers shall sound thy praise.
The song shall wake with opening light,
And warble to the silent night.

2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast.
Thy tunefid praises, raised on high.

Shall check the murmur and the sigh.

3 When death o*er nature shall prevail,
And all its powers of language fail,

Jpy through my swimming eyes shall break.
And mean the thanks I cannot speak.

4 But oh I when that last conflict 's o'er.
And I am chained to flesh no more.

mS PBOTIDENOE. 118

With what glad aooents shall I rise,
To join the music of the skies I

HIS PROVIDENCE.

][75 ^' ^ Thomsoh.

0aUem(rscfng SrobCUcnce of tfrolr.
TEHOVAH God I thy gracious power
V Oil every hand we see ;
O may the blessings of each hour
Lead all our thoughts to thee.

2 If, on the wings of mom, we speed

To earth's remotest bound,
Thy hand wiQ there our footsteps lead,
Thy love our path surround.

3 Thy power is in the ocean deeps,

And reaches to the skies ;
Thine eye of mercy never sleqMi,
Thy goodness never dies.

4 In all the varying scenes of time,

On thee our hopes depend ;
Through every age, in every clime,
Our Father and our Friend I

17g L. M. W. T4TL0B.

8te Senrflfcence of tfroH.

GOD of the universe, whose hand
Hath sown with sons the fields of space.
Round which, obeying thy command,
Unnumbered worlds fidfil their race ;

114 GOD.

2 How Yast the region where thy will

Existence, form, and order gives.
Pleased the wide cup with joy to fiU,
For all that grows, and feels, and lives*

3 Lord I while we thank thee, let us learn

Beneficence to all below :
They praise thee best whose bosoms bum
lliy ^fts on others to bestow.

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CroVs €are ober alL

GBEATEST of Beings I Souitse of liib I
Sovereign of air, of earth, and sea I
All nature feels thy power, — but man
A grateful tribute pays to thee.

2 All, great Creator ! all are thine ;

All feel thy providential care ;
And, through each varying scene of life.
Alike thy constant pity share.

3 And whether grief oppress the heart,

Or whether joy elate the breast.
Or life still keep its little course.
Or death invite the heart to rest ;

4 All are thy messengers, and all

Thy sabred pleasure, Lord, obey ;
And all are training man to dwell
Nearer to bliss, and nearer thee.

HIS PJDOyiDENCE. 115

|7g L. M. GOLLITZ.

nnHROnGH all the various passing scene
JL. Of life's mistaken ill or good,
Thy handy O God I conducts unseen
The beautiful vicissitude.

2 Thou givest, with paternal care,

However unjustly we complain.
To each their necessary share
Of joy and sorrow, health and pauu

3 All things on earth, and all in heaven.

On thy eternal will depend ;
And all for greater good were given,
And all shall in thy glory end.

4 Be this my care ! — to all beside

Indifferent let my wishes be ;
Passion be calm, and dumb be pride.
And fixed my soul, great God, on thee.

179 C. M, Scott.

6rolr*0 Su]ierfnteii)yeiics.

GOD reigns ; events in order flow,
Man's industry to guide ;
Eut in a different channel go.
To humble human pride.

2 Weak mortals do themselves beguile,
When on themselves they rest ;
Blind is dieir wisdom, vain their toQ,
By thee^ O Lord, unblest.

116 GOD.

3 T is ours the furrows to prepare.

And sow the precious grain ;
Tis thine to give the sun and air.
And send the genial rain.

4 Evil and good before thee stand,

Their mission to perform ;
The sun shines bright at thj conmumd ;
Thj hand directs the storm.

5 In all our ways, we humblj own

Thy providential power ;
Entrusting to thy care, alone.
The lot of every hour.

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SProblDrence IBiltCn anH BouiitCCiiL

rilHY kingdom, Lord, forever stands,
X While earthly thrones decay ;
And time submits to thy conunands.
While ages roll away.

2 Thy sovereign bounty freely gives

Its unexhausted store ;
And universal nature lives
On thy sustaining power.

3 Holy and just in all its ways

Is Providence divine ;
In all its works, immortal rays
Of power and mercy shine.

HIS PKOVIDENCE. 117

4 The praise of Grod — delightful theme I
Shall fill my heart and tongue ;
Let all creation bless his name.
In one eternal song.

181 8'8ds4'8M. Sabbatq Htmn Book.

««Xt fo Wril/'

rpHROUGH the love of God our Saviour,
X AH will be well ;

Free and changeless is lus &vor :

AH, all is well.
Precious is the blood that healed us ;
Perfect is the grace that sealed us ;
Strong the hand stretched out to shield us ;

All must be well.

2 Though we pass through tribulation,

All will be well ;
Ours is such a full salvation ;

All, all is well :
Happy, still in Gt)d confiding,
Fruitflil, if in Christ abiding,
Holy, through the Spirit's guiding

All must be well.

3 We expect a bright to-morrow ;

All will be well ;
Faith can sing through days of sorrow,

AU, all is weU ;
On our Father's love relying,
Jesus every need supplying,
Or in living, or in dying.

All must be well.

118 QOD.

ms WOBKS.

X82 ^* ^ EsBu.

Eit 3Sao1t of Natttve.

nnHEBE is a book« who runs may read,
X Which heavenly truth imparts ;
And all the lore its scholars need,
Pure eyes and willing hearts.

2 The works of God above, below.
Within us and around,
Are pages in that book to show
How Grod himself is found.

8 The glorious sky, embracing all,
Is like the Father's love ;
Wherewith enc(Mnpassed, great and small,
In peace and onler move.

4 Thou who hast given us eyes to see
And love this sight so fair,
Grive to us hearts to find out thee.
And read thee everywhere.

183 C- ^ Wallaoi.

Ci^ti seen (n Tlfs Worlds.

rpHERE 'S not a star whose twinkling light
X Illumes the distant earth,
And cheers the solemn gloom of night,
But Goodness gave it birth.

2 There's not a cloud whose dews distil
Upon the parching dod.

HIS WORKS. 119

And do^ with Terdure vale and hill^
That is not sent hy God.

3 There 's not a place in earth's vast round.

In ocean deep, or air,
Where skill and wisdom are not found ;
For God is everywhere.

4 Around, within, below, above,

Wherever space extends,
There heaven displays its boundless love,
And power with goodness blends.

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eion e\in 011.

nPHE Lord our God is Lord of all;
A His station who can find?
I hear him in the waterfall ;
I hear him in the wind.

2 If in the gloom of night I shroud,

His face I cannot fly ;
I see him in the evening cloud,
f And in the morning sky.

3 He lives, he reigns in every land,

From winter's polar snows,
To where, across the burning sand.
The blasting meteor glows.

4 He bids his gales the fields deform,

Then, when his thunders cease.

120 GOD.

He paints his nuhbow on the stormy
And lulls the winds to peace.

1S5 L.M. 6L MooKi.

011 SDffijpi are oC ^Botr.

THOU art, O God, the life and light
Of all this wondrous world we see ;
Its glow by day, its smile by night,

Are but reflections caught from thee ;
Where'er we turn, thy glories shine.
And all things £Eur and bright are thine.

S When day, with farewell beam, delays
Among the opening clouds of even.
And we can almost think we gaze

Through golden vistas into heaven, —
Those hues that mark the sun's decline,
So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine.

8 When night, with wings of starry gloom,
O'ershadows all the earth and skies,
Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume

Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes, —
That sacred gloom, those fires divine.
So grand, so countless, Lord, are thine.

4 When youthful Spring around us breathes

Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ;

And every flower that summer wreathes

Is born beneath thy kindling eye :
Where'er we turn, thy glories shme.
And all things fair and bright are thine.

1

XUS W0BK8. 121

\QQ L. M. Mb& Stsbul

Befng of So^.

rpHERE is a God — all nature speaks,
X Through earth, and air, and sea, and skies :
See, from die clouds his glory breaks.
When first the beams of morning rise.

2 The rising sun, serenely bright.

O'er the wide world's extended frame
Inscribes, in characters of light,
Hia mighty JVIaker's glorious name.

3 The blooming flowers in beauty rise

Above the weak attempts of art ;
Their bright, inimitable dyes

Speak sweet conviction to the heart.

4 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad,

And trace creation's wonders o'er,
Confers the footsteps of a God ;
Come, bow before him, and adore.

]^g7 ^ ^* Addisov,

8(e Tlealieiui lieclare tie Stotj of Of^tr.

^I^HE spacious firmament on high,
A With all the blue ethereal sky.
And spangled heavens, a shining frame.
Their great original proclaim.
Th' unwearied sun, from day to day,
Doth his Creator's power display ;
And publishes to every land
The work of an Almighty hand.

122 GOD.

2 Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Bepeats the story of her birth :
Whilst all the ^tars which ix>und her bum,
And all the planets in their turn.
Confirm the tidings as they roll.
And spread the truth &om pole to pole.

8 What though, in solemn silence, all
Move round this dark terrestrial ball ;
What though no real voice nor sound
Amidst their radiant orbs be found ;
In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice ;
Forever singing, as they shine, —
<< The hand that made us is divine."

238 P* M. Anortmoub.

81»f «ttrf8«8(na dUxs of Sotr.

SINCE o'er thy footstool here below
Such radiant gems are strown,
O what magnificence must glow,
Grreat God, about thy throne I
So brilliant here these drops of light —
There the fiiU ocean rolls — how bright I

2 If night's blue curtain of the sky —
With thousand stars inwrought.
Hung like a royal canopy

With glittering diamonds fraught —
Be, Lord, thy temple's outer veil.
What splendor at die shrine must dwell t

HIS wolUkS. 128

3 The dazzling sun at noonday honr —

Forth from his flaming vase
Flinging o'er earth the golden shower

TSI vale and mountain blaze —
But shows, O Lord, one beam of thine :
What, then, the day where thou dost shine I

4 0 how shall these dim eyes endure

That noon of living rays I
Or how our spirits, so impure.

Upon thy gloiy gaze I —
Anoint, O Lord, anoint our sight,
And fit us for that world of light.

\QQ Q. &L LuTHKRAN Coll

fl^soHiuss of GroU (a tfo SIOTiUl.

HAIL, great Creator, — wise and good I
To thee our songs we raise ;
Nature,through all her various scenes^
Invites us to thy praise*

2 Thy glory beams in every star.

Which gilds the gloom of night.
And decks the smiling face of mom
With rays of cheerful light,

3 The lofty hill, the humble lawn.

With countless beauties shine ; '
The silent grove, Ihe awful shade.
Proclaim thy power divine.

4 Great nature's God ! still may these scenes

Our serious hours engage I
Still may our grateful hearts considt
Thy work'^ instructive page I

124 GOD.

190 irs, lO's, and4'8M. Db. GoATTisLa

9l»e Semple of Votute*

MAN can build nothing worthy of his Maker ;
From royal Solomon's stupendous fane
Down to the humble chapel of the Quaker
Ally all are vain.

2 The wondrous world which he himself created
Is the fit temple of creation's Lord ;
There may his worship best be celebrated.

And praises poured.

8 Its altar, earth ; its roof, the sky untainted ;
Sun, moon, and stars are lamps that ^ve it
light;
And clouds by the celestial artist painted,
Its pictures bright.

4 Its choir, all vocal things, whose glad devotion

In one united hymn is heavenward sped ;
The thunder-peal, the winds, the deep-mouthed
ocean,

Its organ dread !

5 The face of nature its God-written Bible,

Which all mankind may study and explore^
While none can wrest, interpolate, or libel
Its living lore.

6 Hence learn we that our Maker, whost af-

fection
Knows no distinction, suffers no recall.
Sheds Ilia impartial favor and affection
Alike on all.

HIS WORKS. 125

191 7*s M. B. C. Watisstpv.

Soil (n Nature.

IN each breeze that wanders free.
And each flower that gems the sod,
Living souls may hear and see,
Freshly utter^ words from Qod.

2 (rod is present, and doth shine

Through each scene beneath the sl^,
Kindling with a light divine,
Every form that meets the eye.

3 Let us then, with searching mind,

Seek a good where'er it springs,
We shall then true wisdom find,
Hidden in familiar things.

192 Cl M. Anontxoit&

WBV^ptvsi (n t)e Sfmyest.

GREAT Ruler of all nature's frame,
We own thy power divine ;
We hear thy breath in every storm.
For all the winds are thine.

2 Wide as they sweep their sounding way.

They work thy sovereign will ;
And awed by thy majestic voice.
Confusion shall be still.

3 Thy mercy tempers every blast

To those who seek thy face,

126 GOB.

And minglea with the tempest's roar
The whispers of thy grace.

4 Those gentle whispers let us hear,
Till all the tumult oease,
And gales of Paradise shall lull
Our weajy souls to peace.

193 L. M. STBRLlNCk

rflHOUy Jjotdf who rear'st the mountain's
X height.

And mak'st the difi with sunshine bright,
O9 grant that we may own thj hand
No less in every grain of sand t

2 With forests huge, of dateless time,
Thy will has hung each peak sublime ;
But withered leaves beneath the tree
Have tongues that tell as loud of thee.

3 Teach us that not a leaf can grow
Till life from thee within it flow ;
That not a grain of dust can be,
O Fount of being, save by thee.

4 That every human word and deed,
Each flash of feeling, will, or creed,
Hath solemn meaning from above.
Begun and ended all in love.

HIS WORKS. 127

194 ^- ^- 0- D. STuimx,

8^e Seantftttl.

THE world lUis much of beautiM
If man would onl j see ;
A gloTj in the beaming stars.

The lowest budding tree ;
A splendor from the farthest east

Unto the farthest west ;
Ay I eveiything is beautiful,
And we are greatly blest 1

2 The world is good and beautiful,

We all may know it well ;
For there are many thousand tongues

That every day can tell
What love has cheered them on their way,

Each earthly ill above ;
It only needs a goodly heart

To know that all is love I

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mnftCng toftt Vature in Qro1i*8 ^rafse*

rnHERE seems a voice in every gale,

A A tongue in every opening flower,

Which tells, O Lord, the wondrous tale

Of thine indulgence, love, and power.
The birds that rise on quivering wing

Appear to hynm their Maker's praise,
And sJl the mingling sounds of Spring

To thee a general psean raise.

2 And shall my voice, great God, alone
Be mute 'mid Nature's loud acclaim?

128 GOD.

No I let my heart, with answering tone.
Breathe forth in praise thy holy name.

And Nature's debt is small to mine —
Thou bad'st her being bounded be ;

But (matchless proof of love divine I)
Thou ga/st immortal life to me.

8 The Saviour left his heavenly throne

A ransom for our souls to give ;
Man's' suffering state he made Iiis own.

And deigned to die that we might live.
•But thanks and praise for love so great

No mortal tongue can e'er express ;
Then let me bow before thy feet,

In silence love thee, Lord, and bless.

29 g L. M. Mrs. Folleh.

l^nifne €rooTine89 Btm (n Nature.

GOD, thou art good I each perfumed flower.
The waving field, the dark green wood.
The insect fluttering for an hour, —
All tilings proclaim that God is good.

2 I hear it in each breath of wind :.
The hills tliat have for ages stood.
And clouds with gold and silver lined.
All still repeat that God is good.

8 The countless hosts of t^vinkling stars.

That sing his praise with light renewed ;
The rising sun each day declares,
In rays of glory, God is good.

ms woKKS. 129

The moon that walks in brightness saya
That God is good ! and man, endued

With power to speak his Maker's praise^
Doth still repeat that God is good.

197 78 M. Miuox.

9ta(9e to tie flrotr of Xature. 9^. t^^*

LET us with a joyfid mind
Praise the Lord, for he is kind —
For his mercies shall endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.

2 He by wisdom did create
Heaven's expanse, and all its state ;
Did by his commanding might

Fill the new-made world with light ;

3 Caused the golden-tressed sun
All the day his course to run ;
And the moon to shine by ni^ht
'Mid her spangled sisters bri^t.

4 All things living he doth feed ;
His full liand supplies their need;
Let us therefore warble forth
His high majesty and worth.

5 He his mansion hath on high,
'Bove the reach of mortal eye ;
And his mercies shall endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.

130 GOD.

19S ^ M. T. IfooBs.

Xatttve a Stnifle.

npBE turf shall be my firagrant shrine ;
JL Mj temple, Lord, that arch of thine ;
My censer's breath the mountain airs,
And silent thoughts mj only prayers.
My choir shall be the moonlit waves,
li^en murmuring homeward to their caves,
Or when the stillness of the sea,
E'en more than music, breathes of thee.

2 ni seek, by day, some glade unknown.
All light and silence, like thy throne ;
And die pale stars shall be, at night.
The only eyes that watch my rite.
Thy heaven, on wliich 't is bliss to leok.
Shall be my pure and shining book.
Where I can read, in words of flame.
The glories of thy wondrous name.

8 There's nothing bright, above, below.

From flowers that bloom, to stars that glow.
But in its light my soul can see
Some feature of thy Deity.
There's nothing dark, below, above,
But in its gloom I trace thy love.
And meekly wait that moment when
Thy touch shall turn all bright again.

X99 L. M. SrsRUNa.

ne ttDo Semples.

AlTHEN up to nightly skies we gaze,
f T Where stars pursue their endless ways.

HIS WOBKS. 131

We tihink we sec, from earth's low clod,
The wide and shining home of God.

2 But could we rise to moon or sun.
Or path where planets duly run,

Still heaven would spread above us far,
And earth, remote, would seem a star.

3 This earth, vrith all its dust and tears,
Is his no less than yonder spheres ;
And rain-drops weak, and grains of sand.
Are stamped by his immediate hand.

4 But more than this, thou God benign.
Whose rays on us unclouded shine ;
Thy breath sustains yon fiery dome,
But nian is most thy favored home.

5 We view those halls of painted air,
And own thy presence makes them fair ;
But dearer still to thee, O Lord I
Is he whose thoughts with thine accord.

-o*"

200 ^^ ^ ^^ ^- HiBu.

** eotumn t)e 2^r» of tj^e jrr A/*

LOI the lilies of the field I
How their leaves instruction yield I
Hark to nature's lesson given
By the blessed birds of heaven I
Every bush and tufted tree
Warbles trust and piety :
Children, banish doubt and sorrow, —
God provideth for the morrow.

132 GOD.

2 One there lives, whose guardian eye
Guides our earthly destiny ;
One there lives, who, Lonl of all,
Keeps his children lest they fall :
Pass we, then, in love and praise,
Trusting him, through all our days,
Free from doubt and faitliless sorrow^ —
God provideth for the morrow.

201 L. M« 6 1. Moittoohsrt's Coll.

S(e 38eaiit(es of Cveatfon.

OURS is a lovely world, how fiiir
Thy beauties e'en on earth appear I
The seasons in their courses fidl.
And bring successive joys. The sea.
The earth, tlie sky, are full of thee.
Benignant, glorious Lord of all I

2 There 's beauty in the heat of day ;
There *8 glory in the noontide ray ;

There 's sweetness in the twilight shades —
Magnificence in night. Thy love
Arched the grand heaven of blue above,

And all our smiling earth pervades.

3 And if thy glories here be found,
Streaming with radiance all around.

What must the fount of glory be I
In thee we '11 hope, in thee confide.
Thou, mercy's never ebbing tide,

Thou, love's unfathomable sea I

HIS WORD. 133

HIS WORD.

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Xatnt( anti Sctfpture compareli*

rr'HE heavens declare thy gloiy, Lord ;
X In every star thy wisdom shines ;
But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.

2 The rolling sun, the changing light,

And nights and days tliy power confess ;
But, lo, the volume thou hast writ
Seveals thy justice and thy grace.

3 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest,

Till through the world thy truth has run ;
Till Christ has all the nations blest,
That see the light or feel the sun.

203 ^' ^- Babtoh.
Talue of tiz dcvfptutes.

WORD of the ever-living God !
Will of his glorious Son I
Without thee how could earth be trod,
Or heaven itself be won ?

2 Yet, to unfold thy hidden worth.

Thy mysteries to reveal,
That Spirit which first gave thee forth,
Thy volume must unseal I

3 And we, if we aright would learn

The wisdom it imparts,

134 GOB.

Must to its heavenly teaching turn
Witti simple, childlike hearts 1

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fTcliuoCtfttBrUf.

HOW precious is the book divine.
By inspiration given I
Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine.
To lead our souls to heaven.

2 O'er all the straight and narrow way
Its radiant beams are cast ;
A light whose never waning ray
Grows brightest at the last.

8 It sweetly cheers our fainting hearts
In this dark vale of tears ;
Life, light, and comfort it imparts.
And calms our anxious fears.

4 This lamp through all the dreary night
Of life shall guide our way,
Till we behold die glorious light
Of never-ending day.

205 ^- ^ Stmm.

Slie Bfble sufteH to our MS&unU.

RATHER of mercies, in thy word
What endless glory shines I
Forever be thy name adored
For these celestial lines.

F

HIS WORD. 135

2 T is here the Saviour's welcome voice

Speaks heavenly peace around^
And life, and everlasting joys.
Attend the blissful sound.

3 O, may these heavenly pages be

My ever dear delight ;
And still new beauties may I see.
And still increasing light.

4 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord,

Be thou forever near ;
Teach me to love thy sacred word
And view my Saviour here.

2Qg L. P. M. Watts.

SeUfldit anH Instntctton from tj^e 38n»U.

I LOVE the volume of thy word ;
What light and joy those leaves afford .
To souls beniffhted and distressed I
Thy precepts guide my doubtful way ;
Thy fear forbids my feet to stray ;
Thy promise leads my heart to rest.

2 Thy threatenings wake my slumbering eyes.
And warn me where my danger lies ;

But 'tis thy blessed gospel. Lord,
That makes my guilty conscience clean.
Converts my soul, subdues my sin,

And gives a fr^ but large reward.

3 Who knows the errors of his thoughts?
My God, forgive my secret faults.

And from presumptuous sin restrain ;

136 GOD.

Accept my poor attempts at praise,
That I have read thy book of grace,
And book of nature, not in yain.

207 O.M. Wato.

Comtbrt from t(e BfUe.

LORD, I have made thy word my choice,
My lasting heritage ;
There shall my noblest powers rejoice.
My warmest thoughts engage.

2 1 11 read the histories of thy love,

And keep thy laws in sight,
While through the promises I rove,
With ever-fresh delight.

3 T is a broad land of wealth unknown.

Where springs of life arise.
Seeds of immortal bliss are sown.
And hidden glory lies.

4 The best relief that mourners have.

It makes our sorrows blest ;
Our fairest hope beyond the grave.
And our eternal rest.

208 ^' ^ Bbdsohi.

Sle rebeaUH OPorti.

OLORD, thy perfect word
Directs our steps aright ;
Nor can all other books afford
Such profit or delight.

HIS WOBB. 137

2 Celestial light it sheds,

To cheer this vale below ;
To distant lands its glory spreads^
And streams of mercy flow.

3 True wisdom it imparts ;

Commands our hope and fear ;
O, may we hide it in our hearts.
And feel its influence there.

209 C- M. TVatts.

Snstnictfon from tj^e Scrfpttttes. $8. tjcTp*

HOW shall the young secure their hearts.
And guard their lives from sin ?
Thy word tlie choicest rules imparts
To keep the conscience clean.

2 When once it enters to the mind.

It spreads such light abroad,
The meanest souls instruction find.
And raise their thoughts to God.

3 T is like the sun, a heavenly light

That guides us all the day ;
And, through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.

•

4 The starry heavens thy rule obey ;

The earth maintains her place ;
And these, thy servants, night and day.
Thy skill and power express.

5 But still thy law and gospel, Lord,

Have lessons more divine ;

188 OOD.

Not earth stands finner than thy word.
Nor stars so nobly shine.

r

210 S. M. K Tatloi.

Sl»e SfbU.

[T is the one true light, *

When other lamps grow dim.
Twill never bum less purely bright.

Nor lead astray from Him.
It is Love's blessed band,
That reaches from the throne
To him — whoe'er he be — whose hand
Will seize it for his own !

2 It is the golden key

Unto celestial wealth,
Joy to the sons of poverty.

And to the sick man, health I
The gently proffered aid
Of one who knows and best
Supplies the beings he has made

With what wiU make them blessed.

8 It is the sweetest sound

That infaQt years can hear.
Travelling across that holy ground.

With God and angels near,
There rests the weary head,
There age and sorrow go ;
And how it smooths the dying bed,

O I let the Christian show I

HIS WOBD. 139

flW L. IL AkONTMOUB.

LAMP of our feet I whose hallowed beam
Deep in our hearts its dwelling hath.
How welcome is the cheering gleam

Thou sheddest o'er\)ur lowly path I
Light of oiur way 1 whose rays are flmig

In mercy o*er our pilgrim road.
How blessid, its dark shades among.
The star that guides us to our G^.

2 In the sweet moming^s hour of prime,

Thy bless^ word our lips engage ;
And round our hearths at evening time

Our children spell the holy page ;
Hie waymark through long distant years,

To guide their wandering footsteps on,
TUl thy last loveliest beam appears,

Insoibed upon the churchyard stone.

3 Lamp of our feet I which day by day

Are passing to the quiet tomb.
If on it fall thy peaceful ray.

Our last low dwelling hath no gloom.
How beautiful their calm repose

To whom thy blessed hope is given.
Whose pilgrimage on earth is closed

By the unfolcUng gates of heaven t

140 GOD.

HIS SPIRIT.

212 L. M- J. Weblsi.

** 8)e (ealtj^ful Aptrft of Go)*s Graced'

SPIRIT of grace, and health, and power I
Fountain of light and love below I
Abroad thy healing influence shower ;
On all thy servants let it flow.

2 Inflame our hearts with perfect love ;
In us the work of ffuth fulfil :
So not heaven's host shall swifter move.
Than we on earth to do thy will.

8 Father 1 *t is thine each day to yield
Thy children's wants a fresh supply ;
Thou cloth'st the lilies of the field,
And hearest the yoimg ravens cry.

4 On thee we cast our care ; we live

Through thee who know^st our every need :
O feed us with thy grace, aud give
Our souls this day the living bread I

213 0. M. viTw.

Sraj^ev (or lElenelDsL

COME, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers,
Eandle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of oiu*s.

2 Look ! how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys I

HIS 8PISIT. 141

Oor souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal jojs*

3 In vain we tune our formal songs ;

In vain we strive to rise ;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies*

4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live

At this poor dying rate —
Our love so faint, so cold to thee.
And thine to us so great I

5 Come, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,

With all thy quickening powers,
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love.
And that shall kindle ours.

214 G. M. S. F. SMno.

Apttft of MoUntun.

SPIRIT of holiness, descend ;
Thy people wait for thee ;
Thine ear in kind compassion lend ;
Let us thy mercy see.

2 Behold thy weary churches wait.

With wistful, longing eyes ;
Let us no more lie desolate :
0, bid thy light arise 1

3 Thy light that on our souls hath shone.

Leads us in hope to thee ;
Let us not feel its rays alone —
Alone thy people be.

142 OOD.

4 Spirit of holiness, 'tis diine
To hear our feeble prayer ;
Come, — for we wait thy power divine, —
Let 128 thy mercy share.

215 ^* ^ AH0NTMO17&

Ei$ Affvfrs Srescncf lycsTrely.

SPIRIT divine, attend our prayer,
Now make this place thy home ;
Descend with all thy gracious power ;
O come, great Spirit, come.

2 Come as the light ; to us reveal
Our sinfulness and woe,
And lead us in the paths of life.
Where all the righteous go.

8 Oome as the fire, and purge our hearts
Like sacrificial flame ;
Let every soul an offering be
To our Redeemer's name.

4 Come as a dove, and spread thy wings, —
The wings of peaceful love, —
And let the church on earth become
' Blest as the church above.

216 ^* ^ AiroNTMonB.

Vraser for t^t Apfvft of 0roVs OTovH.

INSPIRER of the ancient seers.
Who wrote from thee the sacred page.
The same through all succeeding yean I
To us, in our degenerate age,

1

ms dPimr. 143

The spirit of thy word impart^
And breathe its life into our heart.

2 While now thine oracles we read.

With earnest prayer and strong desire,
O9 let thy truth from thee proceed

Our souls to waken and inspire ;
Our weakness help, our darkness chasOy
And guide us by l^e light of grace.

3 Supplied from out thy treasury,

O, may we always ready stand
To help the souls redeemed by thee.

In what their various states demand ;
To teach, convince, correct, reprove,
And build them up in noblest love.

217 7s M- T. T. LnroB.

Sraset for tl^e SbpftCt.

GRACIOUS Spirit, dweU with me ;
I myself would gracious be,
And with words that help and heal
Would thy life in mine reveal,
And with actions bold and meek
Would for Christ my Saviour epeak.

2 Mighty Spirit, dwell with me ;
I myself would mighty be,
Mighty so as to prevail
Where unaided man must &fl.
Ever by a mighty hope
Presfdng on and bearing up.

144 GOD.

3 Holy Spirit, dwell with me ;
I myself would holy be ;
Separate from sin, I would
Choose and cherish all things good,
And whatever I can be
Give to him who gave me thee.

218 0. M. Kblb.

"TTTHEN God, of old, came down from
▼ T heaven,

In power and wrath he came ;
Before his feet the clouds were riven.

Half darkness and half flame.

2 But when he came the second time,

He came in power and love ;
Softer than gale at morning prime,
Hovered hLs holy Dove.

3 The fires that rushed on Sinai down,

In sudden torrents dread,
- Now gently light, a glorious crown.
On every sainted head.

4 Like arrows went those lightnings forib,

Winged with the sinnert doom ;
But these, like tongues, o'er all the earth
Proclaiming life to come.

€1)rl0t.

ms ADVENT.
219 0. H. K H. S11B&

CALM on the listening ear of night.
Come heaven's melodious strains^
Where wild Judea stretches far
Her silver-mantled plains.

2 The answering hills of Palestine

Send back the glad reply ;
And greet, from all their holy heights^
The dayspring from on high.

3 O'er the blae depths of Galilee

There comes a holier calm,
And Sharon waves, in solemn praise,
; Her silent groves of palm.

4 " Glory to God 1 ** the sounding skies

Loud with their anthems ring, —
** Peace to the earth, — good-will to men.
From heaven's eternal King I "

5 Light on thy hills, Jerusalem I

The Saviour now is bom 1
And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains
Breaks the first Christmas mom.

146 CHIIIST.

220 ^'® ^ Ahohtmous.

SDe BCttt of eiitfst

HAEK I the herald-angels sing
Glory to the new-bom Eang 1
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
Man to God is reconciled.

2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise.
Join the triumphs of the skies ;
With th' angelic hosts proclaim,
Christ is bom in Bethlehem.

3 Mild he lays his glories by ;
Bom, that man no more may die ;
Bom, to raise the sons of earth ;
Bom, to give them second birth.

4 Hail the heaven-bora Prince of Peace I
Hail the Sun of Righteousness 1
Light and life to all he brings,
Bisen with healing in his wings.

221 S- M- ^ H. Ghapiv.

Cttffltmas Wksran.

HARK I hark I with harps of gold.
What wthem do they sing ? —
The radiant clouds have backward rolled.

And angels smite the string.
" Glory to God I " — bright wings

Spread glist'ning and ^ar,
And on the hallowed rapttu*e rings
From circling star to star.

HIS ADVENT. 147

2 "GloiytoGodl'* repeat

The glad earth and the sea ;
And every wind and billow fleet

Bears on the jubilee.
Where Hebrew bard hath sung.
Or Hebrew seer hath trod ;
\ Each holy spot has found a tongue :
•* Let gloiy be to God.**

3 Soft swells the music now

Along that shining choir,
And every seraph bends his brow

And breathes above his lyre.
What words of heavenly birth

Thrill deep our hearts again.
And fall like dew-drops to the earth ?

** Peace and good-will to men I *

4 Soft I — yet the soul is bound

With rapture like a chain :
Earth, vocal, whispers them around,

And heaven repeats the strain.
Sound, harps, and haU the mom

With every golden string ;
For unto us tlus day is bom

A Saviour and a King I

222 ^- ^' Patrick.

Sfte Vtitmtp.

%1/HILE shepherds watched their flocks by
T T night.

All seated on the groxmd ;
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.

148 GHBI8T.

2 " Fear not," said he — for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind ;
<< Glad tidings of great joy I bring,
To you and all mankind.

8 << To you, in David's town, this day,
* Is bom of David's line,
The Saviour who is Christ the Lord,
And this shall be the sign :

4 << The heavenly babe you there shall find,

To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands.
And in a manger laid."

5 Thus spake ihe seraph ; and forthwith

Appeared a shining throng
Of angels, praising (rod, who thus
Addressed their joyM song :

6 ** All glory be to Grod on high,

- And to the earth be peace ;
Good will henceforth from heaven to men,
Begin, and never cease P

223 8'8 & Vb M. Oawoohw

Aoni of t|f fSLnmiiM of Be^Uftem.

HARK I what mean those holy voices,
Sweetly sounding through the skies?
Lo I th ' angelic host rejoices ;
Heavenly hallelujahs rise.

2 Listen to the wondrous story

Which they chant in hymns of joy :

HIS ADVENT. 149

" Glory in the highest, glory I
Glory be to God ibost high !

8 ** Peace on earth, good-will from heayeoy
Keaching far as man is found :
Souls redeemed and sins forgiven : —
Loud our golden harps shall sound.

4 ^' Christ is bom, the great Anointed ;

Heaven and earth his praises sing I
0, receive whom God appointed
For your Prophet, Priest, and King.**

5 Let us learn the wondrous story

Of our great Redeemer's birth ;
Spread the brightness of his glory,
'Till it cover all the earth.

224 7*s M. BowBiHO.

WATCHMAN ! tell us of the night,
What its signs of promise are ;
Traveller I o'er yon mountain's height,

Sec that glory-beaming star.
Watchman ! does its beauteous ray

Aught of hope or joy foretell ?
Traveller 1 yes ; it brings the day.
Promised day of Israel.

2 Watchman I tell us of the night,
Higher yet that star ascends ;
Traveller I blessedness and light,
Peace and truth, its course portends.

150 CHRIST.

Watchman I will its 1>eam8 alone
Gild the spot that gave them birth?

Traveller 1 ages are its own,
See« it bursts o'er all the earth.

8 Watchman I tell us of the night,

For the morning seems to dawn ;
Traveller I darkness takes its flight,

Doubt and terror are withdrawn.
Watchman 1 let thy wanderings cease.

Hie thee to thy quiet home ;
Traveller 1 lo I the Prince of Peace,

Lo I the Son of God is come.

225 ^^'^ ^ ^^'^ ^ hebbb.

&Ux of tj^e Sast.

BKIGHTEST and best of the sons of the
morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid ;
Star of the East, — the horizon adorning, —
Guide where the infant Redeemer is laid.

2 Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining ;
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall ;
Angels bend o'er him, in slumber reclining, —
Monarch, Redeemer, Restorer of all.

8 Say, shall we yield him in costly devotion.
Odors of Edom, and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold &om the mine ?

4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation.

Vainly with gold would his favor secure ;

HIS ADYEKT. 151

Richer by far is the heart's adoration,
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.

5 Brightest and best of the sons of the mommg,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid ;
Star of the East, — the horizon adorning, —
Guide where die infant Redeemer is laid.

226 L. M. H. K. Whiti.

&Ux of Bettletem.

TltTHEN, marshalled on the nightly plain,

▼ ▼ The glittering host bestud the sky.
One star alone, of all the train,

Can fix the sinner's wandering eye.
Hark I hark I — to God the chorus breaks.

From every host, from every gem ;
But one alone the Saviour speaks, —
It LB the Star of Bethlehem.

2 Once on the ragmg seas I rode,

The storm was loud, the night was dark, — -
The ocean yawned — and rudely blowed

The wind that tossed my foundering bark.
Deep horror then my vitals froze,

Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem ;
When suddenly a star arose, —

It was the Star of Bethlehem.

3 It was my guide, my light, my all ;

It bade my dark forebodings cease ;
^ And, through the storm and danger's thrall.

It led me to the port of peace.
Now safely moored — my perils o'er,
I 'U sing, first in night's diadem.

152 CHRIST.

Forever and forevermore,

The Star — the Star of Bethlehem I

227 ^' ^ Adxlaidx Fboctsb.
•«0^ to »8be TrtDelt tn 3ittJMmJ*

OTO liave dwelt in Bethlehem
When the star of the Lord shone bright 1
To have sheltered the holy wanderers

On that blessed Christmas night ;
To have bathed the tender wayworn feet

Of the Mother undefiled.
And with reverent wonder and deep delight
To have tended the Holy Child I

2 Hush I such a glory was not for thee ;

But that care may still be thine ;
For are there not little ones stiU to aid

For the sake of the Child divine?
Are there no wandering Pilgrims now

To thy heart and thy home to take?
And are there no mothers whose weary hearts

You can comfort for Mary's sake?

228 ^*® ^' Hknrt 0. LsoNAsa
SQsmn lot Clirfstmaa £be.

BELLSy ring out with cheerful might ;
Tapers, bum with brilliant flame ;
Organs, play glad hymns to-night ;
Voices, chant with loud acclaim.

2 Hands, adorn the sacred wall ;

Twine the wreath, and braid the vine ;
And upraise the fir-tree tall ;
Minstrels, sing the glowing line.

HIS LIFE. 153

3 Foi the blessed eve has come,

Star-lit, bright as none before ;
Magi seek the Saviour's home ;
Shepherds find his humble door.

4 With your outward rites and giftSf

Let the heart to Christ be given ;
For the heart his power uplifts,
Leading it to truth and heaven.

5 Offering from hand or lip,

Like the ointment Mary poured,
Meaneth inward fellowship
With the Saviour, Christ the Lord.

HIS LIFE.

229 ^' % Exifn OoLL.

Ste IBaptfsm of Jesus.

^EE, from on high, a light divine
On Jesus' head descend I
And hear the sacred voice from heaven
That bids us all attend.

S'

" This is my well-beloved Son,"
Proclaimed the voice divine ;

** Hear him," his heavenly Father said,
'* For all his words are mine.''

His mission thus confirmed fit)m heaven,

The great Messiah came.
And heavenly wisdom showed to man

Li God his Father's name.

154 GEORIST.

4 The path of heavenly peace he ahow6d
That leads to bliss on high ;
Where all his faithful followers here
Shall live, no more to die.

230 ^ ^ BOWBINO

StsuM pvttuWng t)c 0rMp^

HOW sweetly flowed the gospel's sound
From lips of gentleness and grace,
When listening thousands gathered round.
And joy and reverence filled the place I

2 From heaven he came — of heaven he spoke —
To heaven he led his followers' way ;
Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke,
•Unveiling an immortal day.

8 *< Come, wanderers, to my Father's home.
Come, all ye weary ones, and rest I ^
Yes 1 sacred teacher, — we will come —
Obey thee, love thee, and be blest I

4 Decay, then, tenements of dust 1
Pillars of earthly pride, decay !
A nobler mansion waits the just,
And Jesus has prepared tlie way.

231 Lu M. BiOM.
MeSfceater S.ot)etat|i no 0lan t^an t^fs/'

** OEE how he loved ! " exclaimed the Jews,
O As tender tears from Jesus fell ;
My grateful heart the thought pursues.
And on the theme delights to dwell.

lUS LIFE. 155

2 See how he loyed, who travelled on,

Teaching the doctrine from the skies ;
Who bade disease and pain be gone,
And called the sleeping dead to rise.

3 See how he loved, who never shrank

From toil or danger, pain or death ;
Who all the cup of sorrow drank.
And meekly yielded up his breath.

4 Such love can we unmoved survey?

0,may our breasts with ardor glow.
To tread his steps, his laws obey.
And thus our warm affections show.

232 ^ M. BUTOHMU

HKvacIes of ®(r(st

/\N eyes that never saw the day
V/ Christ pours the bright celestial ray ;
And deafened ears by him unbound
Catch all the harmony of sound.

2 Lameness takes up its bed, and goes
Rejoicing in the strength that flows
Through every nerve ; and, free from pain^
Pours forth to God the grateful strain.

3 The shattered mind his word restores,
And tunes afresh the mental powers ;
The dead revive, to life return.

And bid affection cease to mourn.

4 Canst thou, my soul, these wonders tracey
And not admire Jehovah's grace?

156 CHRIST.

Canst thou behold thy Prophet's power.
And not the God he served adore?

233 7*8 M, BULVINOH.

M 0te nodra to^fcft 1 Ho test iortiicmi of ^t***

HOLY Son of God most high :
Clothed in heavenly majesty,
Many a miracle and sign,
In thy Father's name divine,
Manifested forth thy might
In the chosen people's sight.

2 But, O Saviour I not alone
Thus thy glory was made known ;
With the mourner thou didst grieve.
Every human want relieve ;
Far thy matchless power above
Stands the witness of thy love.

8 Thou, who by the open grave,
Ere thy voice was raised to save,
Didst with those fond sisters shed
Tears above the faithful dead ;
Even thy word of might appears
Less resistless than thy tears.

4 Lord, it is not ours to gaze
On thy works of ancient days ;
But thy love, unchanged and bright.
More than all those works of might.
More than miracle or sign.
Makes us ever, ever thme.

HIS LIFE. 157

234 ^ ^ BU88BLI..

**EitLt se t»toug|» Vb Roberts mfiAt lie 3&rcft/»

ON the dark wave of Gralilee
The gloom of twilight gathers fast,
And o*er the waters drearily
Descends the fitful evening blast.

2 The weary bird hath-left the air,

And sunk into his sheltered nest ;
The wandering beast has sought his lair.
And laid him down to welcome rest.

3 Still, near the lake, with weary tread.

Lingers a form of human kmd ;
And on his lone, unsheltered head.
Flows the chill night-damp of the wind.

4 Why seeks he not a home of rest?

Why seeks he not a pillowed bed?
Beasts have their dens, the bird its nest :
He hath not where to lay his head.

5 Such was the lot he freely chose.

To bless, to save the human race ;
And through his poverty there flows
A rich, fidl stream of heavenly grace.

235 ^-^ °"'*-

€U SQ0I5 Gruest.

MESSIAH Lord ! who, wont to dwell
Li lowly shape and cottage cell.
Didst not refuse a guest to be
At Cana's poor festivity.

158 cnoiST.

2 OfWhen our sool from care is free,
Th6n, Saviour, would we think on thee ;
And, seated at the festal board,
In fiuDLCy's eye behold the Lord.

8 Then may we seem, in fancy's ear,
Thy manna-dropping tongue to hear,
And think, — '* If now his searching view
Each secret of our spirit knew I '^

. 4 So may such joy, chastised and pure,
Beyond the bounds of earth endure ;
Nor pleasure in the wounded mind
Shall leave a rankling sting behind.

236 0. M. BULVINCB.

Ctrrn toalltdiji on tte Sea.

LORD, in whose might the Saviour trod
The dark and stormy wave ; .
And trusted iu his Father's arm,
Omnipotent to save ;

2 When darkly round our footsteps rise
The floods and storms of life ;
Send thou thy Spirit down to still
The dark and, fearful strife.

8 Strong in our trust, on thee reposed.
The ocean-path we '11 dare ;
Though waves around us rage and foam.
Since thou art present there.

Ills UFE. 159

237 G. M. Mbiv. Hbmanb.

T7EAR was within the tossing bark,
X? When stormy winds grew loud ;
And waves came rolling high and dark,
And the tall mast was bowed.

2 And men stood breathless in their dready

And baffled in their skill —
But One there was who rose and said
To the wild sea, "Be still I"

3 Thou that didst rule that angry hour.

And tame the tempest's mood —
Oh I send thy 3pirit forth in power,
O'er our dark souls to brood I

4 Thou that didst bow the billow's pride.

Thy mandates to fulfil —
Speak, speak to passion's raging tide,
Speak and say, — ** Peace I be still I"

238 ^' ^ ^^^ DOMMTIOA.

€(tfst*s SJUneUncM.

BIRDS have their quiet nest.
Foxes their holes, and man his peaoeM
bed;
All creatures have their rest.
But Jesus had not where to lay his head.

2 And yet he came to give
The weary and the heavy-laden rest,

160 GHBIST.

To bid the sinner live

And 800the our griefe to dumber on his breast.

8 Come, give me rest, and take

The only rest on earth thou loyest, within

A heart, that for thy sake

Lies bleeding, broken, penitent for sin.

239 I'. M. VtUCAH.

€WtVn Sntrs fnto Jerusalem.

RIDE on, ride on in majesty I
' Hark I all the tribes hosannas cry I
Thy humble beast pursues his road,
With palms and scattered garments strowed.

2 Hide on, ride on in majesty I
In lowly pomp ride on to die I
O Christ I thy triumphs now begin.
O'er captive death and conquered sin.

8 Ride on, ride on in majesty !
The winged squadrons of the sl^
Look down with sad and wondering eyes.
To see th' approaching sacrifice.

4 Ride on, ride on in majesty I
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh ;
The Father on his sapphire throne
Expects his own anointed Son I

240 ^- ^- Ephbaim Stbub.

HE calls us to a day of gladness,
Who came to usj the King's own Son ;

HIS LIFE. 16t

Gro forth with boughs of palm to meet hun.
And him with loud hosannas own.

2 Praise him who once himself did humble.

In love to save our human race ;
Praise him who all the world doth gladden
With God his Father's boundless grace.

3 This day of joy to all creation

My happy soul shall have her psalm.
And bear her branches of thanksgiving
As those bore branches once of palm.

4 Let every village, every city

In happy tumult sing his name,
Since even infant lips are shouting
«« Blessed is he, the King who came l**

241 7'b ^* Thomas Campbell.

^tfnce of Veace.

OZION I lift thy raptured eye,
The long-expected hour is nigh :
The joys of Nature rise again —
The Prince of Salem comes to reign I

2 See, Mercy, from her golden urn.
Pours a glad stream to them that mourn ;
Behold, she binds, with tender care,
The bleeding bosom of despair.

3 He comes — he cheers the trembling heart —
Night and her spectres pale depart :
Again, the day-star gilds the gloom —
Again, the bowers of Eden bloom 1

162 CHRIST.

4 O Zion I lift thy raptured eye.
The long-expected hour is nigh —
The joys of Nature rise again —
The Prince of Salem comes to reign I

242 L. M. MONTOOMIET.

Ws Attfraifssfoii.

LORD I in thy garden agony,
No light seemed on thy soul to break,
No form of seraph lingered nigh,

Nor yet the voice of comfort spake* —

2 Till, by thy own triumphant word.
The victory over ill was won ;
Till the sweet, mournful cry was heard,
" Thy will, O God, not mine, be done ! **

8 Lord, bring tliese precious moments back,
When, fainting, against sin we strain ;
Or in thy counsels fail to track

Aught but the present grief and pain.

4 In weakness, help us to contend ;

In darkness yield to God our will ;
And true hearts, faithful to the end.
Cheer by thy holy angels still I

HIS SUFFERINGS AND DEATIL

243 L. M. Gaskkll

€^at tj^e Attfetet,

I ARK were the paths our l^Iaster trod
Yet never fiuled his trust in GKxl ;

D

HIS SUFFEHINOS AND DEATH. 163

Crael and fierce the wrongs he bore.
Yet he but felt for man the more.

2 Unto the cross in fiiith he went,
His Father's willing instrument ;
Upon the cross his prayer arose
In pity for his ruthless foes.

3 O, may we all his kindred be,
By holy love and sympathy ;

Sdll loving man through every ill.
And trusting in our Father's will 1

244 ^ ^' Lyra Oath.

Cl^rfst CvucfffeDr*

HAVE we no tears to shed for him,
While soldiers scoff and Jews deride?
Ah I look how patiently he hangs —
Jesus, our love, is crucified I

2 What was thy crime, my dearest Lord?

By earthy by heaven, thou hast been tried.
And guilty found of too much love ;
Jesus, our love, is crucified 1

3 Found guOty of excess of love,

It was thme own sweet will that tied
Thee tighter far than helpless nails ;
Jesus, our love, is crucified I

4 0 break, O break, hard heart of mine I

Thy weak self-love and guilty pride
His Pilate and his Judas were ;
Jesus, our love, is crucified *

164 CHBIST.

5 A broken heart, a fount of tears —
Ask, and they will not be denied ,
A broken heart love's cradle is ;
Jesus, our love, is crucified I

Q/^ L* M. STBNNIT&

Cipt(0t dnfferfng on t^e Croff*

"Tp IS finished ! " — So the Saviour cried,
X And meekly bowed his head and died ;
" T is finished I " — yes, the race is run.
The battle fought, the victory won.

2 <« T is finished I " — all that heaven foretold
By prophets in the days of old ;
And truths are opened to our view.
That kings and prophets never knew.

8 " T? is finished I " — Son of God, thy power
Hath triumphed in this awful hour ;
And yet our eyes with sorrow see
That life to us was death to thee.

4 " T? is finished 1 ** —let the joyful sound
Be heard through all the nations round ;
** T? is finished 1 " — let the triumph rise.
And swell the chorus of the skies.

24^5 ^^ M. 61. MONTOOMJERT.

Sicample fn dufferfng.

[O to dark Gethsemane,

Ye that feel temptation's power ;
Your Redeemer's conflict see ;
Watch with him one bitter hour :

G^

HIS SUFFERINGS AND DEATH. 165

Turn not from his griefs away ;
Leam of Jesus Chnst to pray.

2 Follow to the judgment-hall ;

View the Lord of life arraigned :
O, the wormwood and the gall I

O, the pangs his soul sustained I
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss ;
Leam of him to bear the cross.

8 Calvary's mournful mountain climb ;

There, admiring at his feet,
Mark that miracle of time,

Grod's own sacrifice complete :
" It is finished," hear him cry ;
Leam of Jesus Christ to die.

4 Early hasten to the tomb

Where they lay his breathless day ;
All in solitude and gloom :

Who has taken him away?
Christ is risen ; he meets our eyes :
Saviour, teach us so to rise I

247 ^ ^ '"^ ^- ^- ^' ^0^

dtabat IVater*

TEWS were wrought to crael madness,
V Christians fied in tears and sadness,

Maiy stood the cross beside ;
At its foot, her foot she planted.
By the dr^edful scene undaunted,

Till the gentle suff'rer died.
Poets oft have sung her story.
Painters decked her brow with glory.

Priests her name have deified.

16G GHBIST.

2^ But no worship, song, or glory
* Touches like the simple story,
Mary stood the cross beside I
And when under fierce oppression,
Groodness suffers like transgression,

Christ again is crucified.
But if love be there, true-hearted,
By no grief or terror parted,
Mary stands the cross beside.

248 8 & 7'b M. BowBivOw

Gflorj^fng (n tlie Cnss.

IN the cross of Christ I glory.
Towering o'er the wrecks of time ;
All the light of sacred story
Grathers round its head sublime.

2 When the woes of life overtake me,

Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
Never shall the cross forsake me ;
Lo I it glows with peace and joy.

3 When the sun of bliss is beaming

Light and love upon my way,
From the cross the radiance streaming
Adds new lustre to the day.

4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure.

By the cross are sanctified ;
Peace is there that knows no measure,
Joys that through all time abide.

HIS SUFFERIKOS AND DEATH. 167

249 8 & 7*8 M. Lnk Oath.

SWEET the moments, rich in blessing.
Which before the cross I spend ;
Life, and health, and peace possessing

From the sinner's dying Friend :
Here alone I find my heaven,

Humbly on the Lamb to gaze ;
Feel how much has been forgiven.
To his own eternal praise 1

2 Love and grief my heart dividing,

Here I 'U spend my latest bresuth ;
Constant still in faith abiding,

Life deriving from his death :
May I still enjoy this feeling,

In all need, to Jesus go,
Prove each day his wounds more healing.

And himself more deeply know I

250 7'fl M. NiALi.

INVERT bird that upward springs
^ Bears the cross upon his wings ;
We without it cannot rise
Upward to our native skies.

2 Every ship that meets the waves
By the cross their fury braves ;
We, on life's wide ocean tossed.
If we have it not are lost.

3 Hope it gives us when distrest,
When we &int it gives us rest ;

168 GHBI8T.

Satan's craft, and Satan's might,
By the cross are put to flight.

4 That from sin earth might be free,
Jesus bore it ; so must we ;
Ne'er through faintness lay it down :
First the cross, and then the crown I

251 ^* ^ HiLUIS.

S)e Cross on ^e dpftc;

BOVE the temple's lifted spire
The cross of Christ we see :
It bids our spirits. Lord ! aspire
Through &ith and love to thee*

A'

2 The flowers that blossom at its feet.
They tell us of the just.
Whose souls in heaven are pure and sweet.
Though here their forms are dust.

8 The graves below in shadow lie.
While day or night declines ;
The cross of Christ, uplifted high,
In light forever shines.

4 Help us, O Lord I in grief and loss,

with vision fixed above,
To see, o'er that memorial cross,
The Angel of thy Love.

5 Help us to sufier and forgive

Beneath thy pitying eye ;
In thee to glory wliile we live.
And triumph when we die.

HIS BESUBBECnON AND GLOBY. 169

HIS BESUBBECnON AND GLOET.

252 ^'« ^- OOLLYML

S&efftttrecttbn of Cftrfst*

MORNINO breaks upon the tomb ;
Jesus scatters all its gloom ;
Day of triumph ! through the sides.
See the glorious Saviour rise.

2 Ye who are of death afraid,
Triumph in the scattered shade;
Driye your anxious cares away ;
See die place where Jesus lay.

3 Christian^ dry your flowing tears ;
Chase your unbelieving fears :
Look on his deserted grave ;
Doubt no more his power to save.

253 7'8M. GlBBOHBL

ANGELS, roll the rock away ;
Death, yield up thy mighty prey :
See 1 he rises from the tomb —
Bises with immortal bloom.

2 'T is the Saviour ; seraphs, raise
Your triumphant sheets of praise ;
Let the earth's remotest bound
Hear the joy-inspiring sound.

3 Praise him, all ye heavenly choirs,
Praise him with your golden lyres ;

170 CHRIST.

Praise him in your noblest songs ;
Praise him from ten thousand tongues.

254f 7*8 M. Anontmoub.

Hesutrectfan of ftbtfst*

CEIRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day,
Our triumphant, holy day :
He endured the cross and grave,
Sinners to redeem and save.

2 Lo ! he rises, mighty King I

Where, O death I is now Ay sting?
Lo I he claims his native sky I
Grave I where ia thy victory?

8 Sinners, see your ransom paid,
Peace with God, forever made :
With your risen Saviour rise :
Claim with him the purchased skies.

4 Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day.
Our triumphant holy day ;
Loud the song of victory ndse ;
Shout the great Redeemer's praise.

255 p. M. H. Wabb.

Salter JQ^mn*

LIFT your glad voices in triumph on high,
For Jesus hath risen, and m)m cannot die.
Vain were the terrors that gathered around him.
And short the dominion of death and the grave ;

HIS WEavBasonoN akd olobt. 171

He burst from ihe fetters of darkness that bound

him,
Besplendent in gloiy, to live and to save.
Lond was the chorus of angels on high, —
<< The Saviour hath risen, and man shall not
die."

2 Gloiy to Grod, in full anthems of joj ;

The being he gave us death cannot destroy.
Sad were the life we must part with to-morrow.
If tears were our birthright, and death were our

end;
But Jesus hath cheered the dark valley of sorrow.
And bade us, immortal, to heaven ascend.
Lift, then, your voices in triumph on high.
For Jesus Imth risen, and man shall not die.

256 7*8 IL Madah.

€txiMVB IBleffutrectfon*

HAIL the day that sees him rise,
Glorious, to his native skies I
Christ, awhile to mortals given,
Enters now the gates of heaven.

2 There the glorious triumph waits ;
Lift your heads, eternal gates I
Christ hath vanquished death and sin ;
Take the king of glory in.

3 See, the heaven our Lord receives I
Tet he loves the earth he leaves :
Though returning to his throne,
Still be. calls mankind his own.

172 CHJOST*

4 Wliat, though parted from our mght.
Far above yon starry height ;
Thither our affections rise,
Following him beyond the skies.

j257 ^ ^ SCHMOLX.

Bsstev.

XTTE die with thee; O^letuslire

T T Henceforth to thee ari^t ;
The blessings thou hast died to give^
Be daily in our sight.

2 Fearless we lay us in the tomb,
And sleep the night away,
If thou art there to break the gloom.
And call us back to day.

8 Death hurts us not ; his power is gone.
And pointless all his darts ;
God's favor now on us hath shone,
Joy fiUeth all our hearts.

258 '''^ ^ ^'^ ^- LurnsK.

Saster.

IN the bonds of death he lay,
Who for our of!ence was slain.
But the Lord is risen to-day ;

Christ hath brought us life again.
Wherefore let us all rejoice,
Singing loud with cheerful voice

HaUelujflhl

HIS RESURBEOnON AND GLORY. 173

2 Let ua keep high fiastival.

On this most Uessed day of days^
When God his mercy showed to all I

Our Sun is risen with brightest rays.
And our dark hearts rejoice to see
Sin and night before him flee.

HaUelujaht

259 ^*^ ^ ^'^ ^ AKonxoiTB.
C]rr(st ascmHtH.

nPHOU art gone up on high
X To mansions in the skies.
And round thy throne unceasingly

The songs of praise arise.
But we are lingering here

With sin and care oppressed ;
Lord I send thy promised Comforter,

And lead us to thy rest.

2 Thou art gone up on high !

But thou didst first come down,
Through earth's most bitter misery

To pass unto thy crown :
And girt with griefs and fears

Our onward course must be ;
But only let that path of tears

Lead us, at last, to thee !

260 ^' ^' Khllt.

THE head that once was crowned with
thorns
Is crowned with glory now ;

174 0HBI8T.

A royal diadem adorns
The mighty Victoria brow.

2 The joy of all who dwell above.
The joy of all below.
To whom he manifests his love.
And grants his name to know.

8 To them, the cross with all its shame.
With aQ its grace,is given ;
Their name, an everlas&ig name,
Their joy — the joy of heaven.

2G1 7'8M. (Loiil«,EleetraHor

I finukdenboiy, IflB.

Mltnoto t>at m^ aeieHftrnfc Ubctft.''

JESUS, my Redeemer, lives,
Christ, my trust, is dead no more ;
In the strength this knowledge gives
Shall not all my fears be o'er?

2 Close to him my soul is bound
In the bonds of hope enclasped;
Faith's strong hand this hold hath found.
And the rock hath firmly grasped.

8 Jesus, my Eodeemer, lives.
And his life I once shall see :
Bright the hope this promise gives,
Where he is I, too, shall be.

QQQ L« M. Anontmous.

I KNOW that my Redeemer lives, —
What joy the blest assurance gives I

HIS BESUBRECnON AND OLOBT. 175

He livesy he lives, who once was dead;
He liyes, mj everlasting Head !

2 He lives, to bless me with his love ;
He lives, to plead for me above ;
He lives, my hmigry soul to feed ;
He lives, to help in time of need.

8 He lives, and grants me daily breath ;
He lives, and I shall conquer death ;
He lives, my mansion to prepare ;
He lives, to bring me safely there.

4 He lives, all glory to his name ;
He lives, my Saviour still the same ;
What joy the blest assurance gives,—
I know that my Bedeemer lives I

263 ^ ^' ^^ Stmmul

ebtC0t*« Sicaltatfom

NOW with eternal glory crowned,
Our Lord, the conqueror reigns ;
His praise the heavenly choirs resound^
In their immortal strains.

2 Amid the splendors of his throne,

Unchanging love appears ;
The names he purchased for his own
Still on hiB heart he bears.

3 0, the rich depths of love divine 1

Of bliss, a boundless store ;
Dear Saviour, let me call thee mine ;
I cannot wish for more.

176 CHRIST.

4 On tbee alone, my hope relies ;
Beneath thy cross I fell,
My Lord, my Life, my Sacrifice,
My Saviour, and my All.

L^

264 8'b&;7*8M.7L Adam or St. Victob.

fiUxs St t^ 8mk

AY aside thy mourning, Mary,
Weep no longer, Magdalen t
This is not the feast of Simon,

Tears became thy true heart then.
Thousand causes here of gladness,
Thousand ! and not one of sadness !
Let thine Alleluia rise I

2 Lift thy voice rejoicing, Mary,
Christ has risen from the tomb ;
Sad the scene he passed thro* lately.

Now a victor be is come.
Whom thy tears in death were mouming
Welcome with thy smiles returning,
Let thine Alleluia rise t

8 Life is thine forever, Mary,

For thy light is come again ;
And the strength of death is broken, «:

Tides of joy fill every vein.
Far hath fled the night of sorrow,
Love hath brought the blessed morrow.

Let thine Alleluia rise I

HIS BESUBBECHON AND OLOBl. 17?

265 C. M. PlBMU

NO track 18 OB the sunay sky,
No footprints on the air :
Jesus hath gone ; the face of earth
Is desolate and bare.

2 l%flt Upp^ Boom Is heaven on earth ;

Within its pfeeincts lie
All that earth has of faith, or hopet
Or heaven-bom charity.

3 He comes I He comes I that mighty breath

From the eternal shores ;
His uncreated fireshness fills
His church as it adores I

4 One moment — and the Spirit hung

O'er all with dread desire ;
Then broke upon the heads of all
In cloven tongues of fire.

266 ^* ^ ^ BaIiLOQ.

SipamfU (a foTgfUna*

rACH us to feel as Jesus prayed,
When on the cross he bleeding hung ;
When all his foes their wrath displayed.
And with their spite his bosom stung*

2 Till death, he loved his foes, and said^

** Father, forgive,** — then groaned and died;
And when arisen firom the dead.
His mercy to their souls applied.

f

178 CHRIST.

3 For Buch a heart and such a loTe,

O Lord, we raise our prayer to thee ;
O pour thy spirit from above.
That we may like our Saviour be*

HIS OFFICES AM) PRAISE.

267 L- IL TSNHTSOV.

Attoii0 Aon of 0ro^«

STRONG Son of God, immortal Love,
Whom we, that have not seen thy fiu».
By faith, and faith alone, embrace,
Believing where we cannot prove I

2 Thou seemest human and divine.

The highest, holiest manhood, thou :
Our wills are ours, we know not how ;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.

3 Our little systems have their day ;

They have their day and cease to be ;
They are but broken lights of thee.
And thou, O Lord, art more than they.

268 ^^ ^ Va>o^
Sjlie Xmaiie of tlie InMGAt 6rolv.

THOU, Lord 1 by mortal eyes unseen.
And by thine offspring here unknown.
To manifest thyself to men,

Hast set thine image in thy Son.

2 Though Jews, who granted not his claim,
Contemptuous turned away their face,

mS OFFICES AND PRAISE. 179

Yet those who trusted in his name
Beheld in him thy truth and grace,

3 O thou I at whose almighty word

Fair light at first from darkness shone^
Teach us to know our glorious Lord,
And trace the Father in the Son.

4 While we, thine image there displayed.

With love and admiration view.
Form us in likeness to our Head,
That we may bear thine image too.

259 PXOULIAB M. EBUMMAOHBBi

YSS I our Shepherd leads with gentle hand
Through the dark pilgrim-land.
His flock, so dearly bought,
So long and fondly sought.

HaUelujahl

2 When in clouds and mists the weak ones stray.

He shows again the way.
And points to them afiEur
A bright and guiding Star.

Hallelujah I

3 Thro* the parched dreary desert he will guide

To the green fountain-side :
Through the dark, stormy night,
To a calm land of light.

HaUelujahl

4 Yes I his " little flock'* are ne'er forgot ;

His mercy changes not.

180 CHBIST.

Our home is safe above,
Within his arms of love.

Hallelujahl

270 7'8 M. a Wmblkt.
SbntL of ItKkHcoumifis.

CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the trae, the only light.
Sun of Righteousness, arise.

Triumph o'er the shades of night ;
Day-spring from on high, be near.
Day-star, in my heart appear.

2 Dark and cheerless is the mom.

If thy light is hid from me ;
Joyless is &e day's return,

Till thy mercy's beams I see ;
Till thy inward light impart

Warmth and gladness to my heart.

3 Visit, then, this soul of mine ;

Pierce tlie gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, radiant Sun divine ;

Scatter all my unbelief;
More and more thyself display,

Shining to the perfect day.

271 L. M. Watts.
Conut'Atone.

LO, what a precious Comer-Stone
The JcwiA builders did refiise 1
But God hath built his church thereon.
And blessed the Gentiles with the Jews.

HIS OFFICES AND PRAI8B. 181

2 Grreat God, the work is all divine,

The joy and wonder of our eyes I

This is the day that proves it thine, —

The day that saw our Saviour rise*

3 Sinnerd, rejoice, and^saints, be glad;

Hosaniia I let his name be blest ;
A thousand honors on his head.
With peace, and Ggfat, and glory rest.

4 In God's own name he comes to bring

Salvation to our sinful race ;
Let all on eardi address their King,
With hearts of joy and songs of praise.

272 7'8 M. ToPLiLDT.

ROCK of Ages, cleft for me»
' Let me lude myself in thee I
Let the water and the blood.
From thy wounded side which flowed.
Be of sin the double cure,
Cleanse me from its guilt and power.

2 Nothing in my hand I bring ;
Simply to thy cross I cling ;
Naked, come to thee for dress ;
Helpless look to thee for grace ;
SinAil, to thy fountain fly ;
Wash me, Saviour, or I die I

182 CHRIST.

273 ^* ^ Ahohtmous.

rriHOU art the way ; — to thee alone
X From sin and death we flee ;
And be who would the Father secJc
Must seek him, Lord, in thee.

2 Thou art the truth ; — thy word alone

True wisdom can impart ;
Thou only canst instruct the mind|
And purify the heart.

3 Thou art the life ; the rending tomb

Proclaims thy conquering arm ;
And those who put their trust in thee,
Not death nor hell shall harm.

4 Thou art the way, the truth, the life ; —

Grant us to know that way.
That truth to keep, that life to win,
Which leads to endless day.

274 8 & 7*8 M. 6 L Kbwton.
Jesus t|»e txitnti of iEllL

ONE there is, above all others,
Weil deserves the name of Friend ;
His is love beyond a brother's.

Costly, free, and knows no end ;
They who once his kindness prove,
Find it everlastini; love.

^o

2 Which of all our friends, to save us,
Coidd or woidd have shed his blood?

HIS OFFICES AND PRAISE. 183

Bat our Jesus died to have us
Reconciled in him to Grod ;
This was boundless love indeed,
Jesus is a Friend in need I

3 O for grace, our hearts to soften I
Teach us, Lord, at length to love ;
We, alas I forget too often

What a Friend we have above ;
But when home our souls are brought^
We will love thee as we ought.

275 7's M. Wesley.

Bit Svtte HeCttfle.

JESUS, lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly.
While the billows near me roll.

While the tempest still is high ;
Hide me, 0,my Saviour, hide,
1111 the storm of life is past,
Safe into the haven guide ;
0,reoeive my soul at last I

2 Other refuge have I none —

Hangs my helpless soul on thee ;
Zicave, oh I leave me not alone,

Still support and comfort me ;
All my trust on thee is st^ed,

AU my help from thee I bring ;
Cover my de&nceless head

With the shadow of thy wing.

184 CHRIST.

276 8 ft 7*0 IL Rammib.

|FT, when storms of pain are rolling,
And I cross the fiery sea.
Comes a voice, my heart consoling,
** Jesus loves me, even me 1^

O'

2 When I sink, oppressed with anguish.

Comes that voice along the sea,
Quidcening all the powers that languish,
*< Jesus loves me, even me I *

3 Faith reveals her starlit heaven ;

Grentlest music luUs the sea :
Yaik that hide the Lord are riven ;
*^ Jesus loves me, even me ! "

4 Life is near, and earth is fleetii^ ;

Soon, beyond the stormy sea,

I shall wake, in bliss, repeating,

** Jesus loves me, even me 1 "

277 7*8 M. H. 0. Leonard.

SHEPHERD of the holy hills.
We, thy lambs, with tender feet.
Follow thee beside the rills.

And through pastures green and sweets

2 Thou dost hear us when we cry ;
Thou dost watch us when alone :
When we faint, thou drawcst nigh.
Soothing us with winning tone.

HIS OFFICES AND PRAISE. 185

3 Thus, through aU our earthly day,

Be our guard and only guide ;
Keep us from the evil way ;
^eep us ever by thy side.

4 And, when fall the shades of night

On the path we tread below.
Take us to die fields of light,
Where the living waters flow.

278 S- ^ Smu

"TTTHILE my Redeemer 's near,

▼ ▼ My Shepherd and my Guide^
I bid farewell to every fear :
My wants are all supplied.

2 To ever-fragrant meads,

Where rich abundance grows,

His gracious hand indulgent leads.

And guards my sweet repose.

3 Dear Shepherd, if I stray.

My wandering feet restore ;
And guard me with thy watchful eye«
And let me rove no more.

279 ^ ^ DODDHIDCia.

8te Gentle dtiept^etH.

^EE Israel's gentle Shepherd stand
With all-engaging charms ;
Hark, how he calls the tender lambs.
And folds them in his arms.

S'

186 CHUIST.

2 Permit tbem to approach, he cries,

Nor scorn their humble mune ;
For 't was to bless such souls as these
The Lord of angels came.

3 Ye little flock, with pleasure hear ;

Ye children, seek his fiice ;
And fly with transport to receive
The blessings of his grace.

280 ^ ^* Litchviilb's OoLb

E'^t Aftep^etH of tlie ftXti.

THERE is a little lonely fold,
Whose flock one Shepherd keeps,
Through summer's heat and winter's cold.
With eye that never sleeps.

2 By evil beast, or burning sky.
Or damp of midnight air,
Not one in all that flock shall die
Beneath that Shepherd's care.

8 For if, unheeding or beguiled.
In danger's path they roam,
His pity follows through the wild,
Ajid guards them safely home.

4 0 gentle Shepherd, still behold
Thy helpless charge in me ;
And take a wanderer to thy fold.
Who trembling turns to thee.

HIS OFFICES ASD FRAISB. 187

281 0. M- Waw*

VIA ITH joy we meditate the grace
▼ ▼ Of our High Priest above :
'Bis heart is full of tenderness ;
His bosom glows with love.

2 Touched with a sympathy within.

He knows our feeble frame ;
He knows what sore temptations meaoy
For he has felt the same.

3 He, in the days of feeble flesh,

Poured out his cries and tears,
And in his measure feels afresh
What every memb^ bears.

4 Then let our humble faith address

His mercy and his power ;
We shall obtain delivering grace
In each distressing hour.

282 H. M. Wattsi
9ro9(et snU Bfng.

JOIN all the glorious names
Of wisdom, love, and power.
That ever mortals knew,
Or angels ever bore :
All are too mean I Too mean to set
To speak his worth, | The Saviour forth.

2 Great prophet of our God,

Our tongues shall bless thy name ;

188 GHBIST,

By thee the joyful news
Of our salvation came, —
The joyftil news I Of death subdued.
Of sins forgiveni | And peace with heaven.

3 O thou Aknightj Lotd,

Our conqueror and our kingg
Thy sceptre and thy sword.
Thy reigning ^ace, we siii^ :
Thine is the power ;
O make us sit

In MriUing bonds.
Low at tibiy feet.

283 7'slL Emlly.

<>iit BCiiff.

GLORY, glory to our King I
Crowns unfading wreathe his head ;
Jesus is the name we sing —
Jesus, risen from the dead ;
Jesus, conqueror o*er the grave ;
Jesus, mighty now to save.

2 Now behold him high enthroned.
Glory beaming from his face.
By adoring angels owned,
God of holiness and grace :
O for hearts and tongues to sing.
Glory, glory, to our King 1

2g4 L. U. & Stbx!

King shall reign in righteousness,
And all the kindred nations bless ;

HIS OFFIGB8 AKI> P&AI8B. 189

He's King of Salem, King of peace,
Nor shall his spreoding kingdom oease.

2 In him the naked soul shall find

A hiding-place from chilling wind ;
Or, when the raging tempests beat,
A covert warm, a safe retreat.

3 In burning sands and thirsty ground,
He like a river shall be foimd,

Or k)Ay rock, beneath whose shade
The weaiy traveller rests his head.

4 The dimness gone, all eyes shall see
His glory, grace, and majoBty ;

All ears shall hearken, and the word
Of life receive, firom Christ the Lord.

285 ^- ^ DuiroAH.

imh of an.

LL hail the power of Jesus' name.
Let angels prostrate fall ;
Bring forth the royal diadem.
And crown him liord of aU.

A'

2 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,

A renmant weak and small.
Hail him who saves you by his grace.
And crown him Lord of all.

3 Let every kindred, every tribe

On this terrestrial baU,
To him all majesty ascribe.
And crown him Lord of all.

190 GHBI8T,

4 O that with yonder Bacred throng
We at his feet may fiill t
We 11 join the everlasting song.
And crown him Lord of all.

286 ^* ^ oowpiB.

0 #0ttiitsCii opnutr.

rpEDBRE is a fountain filled with blood,
Jl Drawn firom Immanuel's veins ;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood.
Lose all their guilty stains.

S The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day ;
O may I there, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away I

3 Dear, dying Lamb, thy precious blood

Shall never lose its power.
Till all the ransomed diurch of God
Be saved, to sin no more.

4 E'er since, by fiuth, I saw the stream

Thy flowing wounds supply,
Bedeeming love has been my dieme,
And shall be till I die.

5 Then in a nobler, sweeter song

I '11 sing thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue
Lies silent in the grave.

HIS OFEIGES AND FBAISE. 191

2S7 ^ ^ DODDUDOB.

ItnodUna at t^t Jioov*

BEHOLD a stranger at the door I
He gently knodcs — has knocked before ;
Has waited long — is waiting still ;
Yon treat no o&er friend so ill.

2 O lovely attitude I — he stands
With melting heart and loaded hands ;
O matchless kindness I — and he shows
This matchless kindness to his foes.

3 lUse — touched with gratitude divine,
Turn out his enemy and thine, —
That soul-destroying monster, sin, —
And let the heavenly stranger in.

2Sg L. M. HaDiAT.

^olUu fn Vm JUbCnjp Brn)iness«

AWAKE, my soul,* in joyful lays,
And sing the great Redeemer's praise :
He jusdy claims a song from me —
His loving-kindness, O how free I

.% He saw me dead in sin and thrall,
Tet loved me, notwithstanding all ;
^e saved me {roia my lost estate ^
His loving-kindness, O how great I

«> When trouble, like a gloomy cloud.
Has gathered thick and thundered loud^
He near my soul has always stood —
His ioving-kindness,0 how good I

192 0HBI8T.

4 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale.
Soon all my mortal powers mnst fail ;
0,may my last expiring breaih
ffii loving-kindness sing in death I

289 ^ ^ ^^^

€it S&etretiiiet's lltstoe.

FOR a thousand tcmgaes, to sing
My dear Sede^ner's praise.
The glories of my Lord and King»
The triumphs of his grace I

0

2 Jesus, the name that ohanna our fiaars,
That bids our sorrows oease, —
'T is musMi in the sinner's earsi
'TIS life, and health, and peace.

8 He speaks, and, Hstening to his voice.
New life the dead recdve ;
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice,
The humble poor believe.

4 Hear him, ye deaf: his praise, ye dumb,
Your loosened tongues employ :
Ye blind, behold your Saviour come,
And leap, ye lame, for joy.

290 7*8 M. ANomfouflL

Aaltntfon tj! 3Elelieem(iia JUbe.

[OW begin the heavenly theme,
Sing aloud in Jesus* name :
Ye, who his salvation prove.
Triumph in redeeming love.

N*

mS OFFI0B8 AXD FBAISE. 193

2 Ye, who see the Fatfaer^s grace
Beaming in the Saviour's fiice,
As to Canaan on ye move,
Praise and bless redeeming love.

8 Weleome, all bj sin oppressed,
Welcome to his sacred rest :
Nothing brought him from aboyet
Nothing but redeeming love.

4 When his spirit leads us home.
When we to his glory come.
We shall all the fulness prove
Of our Lord*s redeeming love.

291 C. P. M. Hbdlr.

0 could we speak the matchless worth,
, O, could we sound the glories fordi,
Which in our Saviour shine,
We'd soar, and touch the heavenly strings.
And vie with Grabriel, while he sings,
In notes almost divine.

2 We'd sing the characters he bears,
And all the forms of love he wears.

Exalted on his throne :
Id loftiest songs of sweetest praise,
We would, to everlasting days,

Mak^ all his glories known.

8 Well, the delightful days will come,
When our dear Lord will bring us home.
And we shall see his face :

194 GHBI8T.

Then, with oar Saviour, brother, fiiend,
A blest eternity we '11 spend,
Triumphant in his grace.

292 0. M. & juBD.

3Qsmn to Stilts.

SON of God I thy children we ;
Train us in holiness :
As thou the Father's image bore,
Thine own on us impress.

o

2 O Bread of God 1 our natures crave
The lost beatitude :
The Father gave thee meat unknown ;
Give us thy flesh and blood.

8 O Vine of God I of thee bereft.
Our virtues wilt and die :
Thou wert the Father's tender care,
Shield us when danger 's nigh.

4 O Crucified I we share thy cross ;
Thy passion, too, sustain;
We die thy death, to live thy life ;
And rise with thee again.

293 c. M. rui»

Sfestts.

THE light of love is round his feet.
His paths are never dim ;
And he comes nigh to us when we
Dare not come nigh to him.

HIS OFFICES AND PRAISE. 195

2 Let na be simple widi him, then,

Not backward, stiff, or cold.
As though our Bethlehem could be
What Sinai was of old.

3 Poor souls that know not how to loye I

Thej feel not Jesus near ;
And they who know not how to lovCy
Still less know how to fear.

4 They love not, for they have not kissed

The Saviour's outer hem ;
They fear not, for the Living God
Is yet unknown to them.

294 L M. Watts.

HpaiKj^e ot €^rfst.

MY dear Redeemer, and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy word :
But in thy life the law appears,
Drawn out in living characters.

2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thy Father's will.
Such love, and meekness so divine,

I would transcribe, and make them mine.

3 Cold mountains, and the midnight ail,
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer,
The desert thy temptations laiew.
Thy conflict, and thy victory, too.

4 Be thou my pattern ; may I bear
More of thy gracious image here ;

196 eHBXR.

Then Qod, the Judge, shall own my aame
Among the followers of the Lamb.

295 7's M. Obbhax.

Beauts of C^rfst*

EABTH has nothing sweet or fair,
Lovely forms or beauties rare,
But before my eyes they bring,
Christ, of beauty, Source and Spring.

2 When the morning paints the skies,
Wheu the golden simbeams rise^
Then my Saviour's form I find
Brightly imaged on my mind«

8 When the daybeams pierce the night,
Oft I think on Jesus' Kght,
Think how bright that lig^t will l)e>
Shining through eternity.

4 Come, Lord Jesus I and dispel
This dark cloud in which I dwell,
And to me the power impait
To behold thee as thou art.

QQQ a U. DopDRinoi

l4)be to e^cfst.

|0 not I love thee, O my Lord?
Behold my heart, and see.
And turn each worthless idol out.
That dares to rival thee.

D'

2 Is not thy name melodious still
To my attentive ear?

HIS OFFICa AKD FBAISE. 187

Dotb not dadi pidae witb pleasme beaft

My Saviour's voice to hear?

3 Hast thou a lamb in all thy flodk

I would disdain to feed?
Haat tfaou a foe before whose flwd
I foar diy cause to {>lead?

4 Thou knoVst I love thee, dearest ImA ;

But:, Oy I long to soar
Far from the sphere of mortal joys,
Ahd learn to love thee more*

297 6 & 6'« IL Bt. BBAKaito.

l^nSYER was song a sweeter word>
-L 1 Nor fuller music e'er was heard.
Nor deefibr aught the heart hath stirred,
Than> «< Jesus, Son <^ God I "

2 No tongue suffices to confess,
No letters can enough express,

But those that prove, believe ^e bliss, —
What it is Christ to love.

3 Jesus has gone io heaven again.
High on his glorious throne to reign ;
My heart can here no more remain.

But after him has gone.

298 ll'sM. Whitotr.
Cj^ft Vvesent (n t^e Apfrft.

OWHAT though our feet may not tread
where Christ trod,
Nor our ears hear the dashing of Cralilee's flood.

198 GHBIST.

Nor our eyes see the cross that he bowed him

to bcauTi
Nor our knees press (Jethsemane's garden of

prayer I

2 Yet, loved of the Father, thy spirit is near
To the meek and the lowly and penitent here ; .
And the yoioe of thy love is the same, even

now,
As at Bethany's tomb, or on Olivelfs brow.

8 Of the outward has gone, but in glory and
power
The Spirit surviveth the things of an hour ;
Unduuiged, undecajong, its Pentecost flame
On the heart's secret altar is burning the same.

H^

299 7 & 6'S M. MONTOOXSBT.

SSlessfnipi of C(t(st*s 3EleCgn. 9s* ITICCI*
^AIL to the Lord's Anointed I
Great David's greater Son ;
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on eaith begun I
He comes to break oppression,

To set the captive free I
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.

2 He comes, with succor speedy,
To those who suffer wrong ;
To help the poor and needy.

And bid the weak be strong ;

To give them songs for sighing.

Their darkness tium to Ught,

HIS OFFICES AND PRAISE. 199

Whose souls, condemned and djing,
Were precious in his sight.

3 O'er every foe victorious.

He on his throne shall rest,
From age to age more glorious,

All blessing, and all blest.
The tide of time shall never

His covenant remove ;
His name shall stand forever, —

That name to us is — Love.

300 7'b ^' AHonMOua.

VtaxntUM of Cttfst.

MABY to the Saviour's tomb,
Hasted at the earlj dawn,
Spice she brought, and sweet perfumet

But the Lord she loved had gone.
Trembling, while a crystal flood
Issued from her weeping eyes.
For awhile, she lingering stood.
Filled with sorrow and surprise.

2 But her sorrows quickly fled

When she heard his welcome voice ;
Christ had risen from the dead ;

Now he bids her heart rejoice ;
What a change his word can make.

Turning darkness into day ;
Ye who weep for Jesus' sake.

He will wipe your tears away.

Cj^e QRosiptL

ITS INVITATIONS.

301 ^'^ ^ ^^ Ba&bAulo.

e^st*s Sntftatfons.

COMEi, said Jesus' sacred voice,
Come, and make my path your chcice ;
I will guide you to your home :
Weary pilgrim, hither come.

2 Thou who, houseless, sole, forlorn.
Long hast borne the proud world's scorn ;
Long hast roamed the barren waste.
Weary pilgrim, hither haste.

8 Ye who, tossed on beds of pdn,
Seek for ease, but seek in vain ;
Ye, whose swollen and sleepless ey^
Watcn to see the morning rise ; —

4 Ye by fiercer anguish torn.

In remorse for guilt who mourn,
Here repose your heavy care :
Who the stings of guilt can bear?

5 Sinner, come ; for here is found
Balm that flows for every wound,

ITS INYIXATIONS. 201

Peace that ever shall enduie.
Seat eternal, sacred, sure.

302 C- M. WflrttnuL

Cte CoU of Cttt^

/^H t not alone with otttwavd B^gB>
V-/ Of fear, or voice from heaven.
The message of atnlth divine.

The can of God, is givm ;
Awakening in the fautnan heait.

Love for the trae and rights
Zeal for the Christian's better part,

3tKngth for the Christian's fight.

2 Thongh heralded by nought of fear»

Or oiltward sign or show ;
Though only to me inward ear

It whisper soft and low ;
Though dropping as the manna fell,

Unseen, yet from above,
Holy and gentle, heed it well, —

The call to truth and love.

303 S. IL Epis. OofiL.

riiHifi Spirit, in our hearts,
X Is whispering, *• Sinner, come : *
The bride, the church of Christ, prodaims
To all his children, « Cornel"

2 Let him who heareth say

To all about him, «< Come ; ^

202 THE GOSPEL.

Let him that thirsts for righteonsneM
To Gurist, the fountain, come.

3 Yes, whosoever will,

O9 let him fredj come,
And freely drink &e stream of life ;
Tis Jesus bids him come.

4 Lo I Jesus, who invites,

Declares, <* I quickly come : '^
Lord, even so ; we wait thy hour ;

0 blest Bedeemer, come I

304 0. IL S. St]

Blef ffnipi ot t(e flrospcL

XT7HAT glorious tidings do I hear
▼ ▼ From my Redeemer's tongue I
I can no longer silence bear ;

1 'U burst into a song :

2 The blind receive their sight with joy ;

The lame can walk abroad ;
The dumb their loosened tongues employ ;
The deaf can hear the word.

3 The dead are raised to life anew

By renovating grace ;
The glorious gospel 's preached to you.
The poor of Adam's race.

4 O wondrous type of things divine.

When Christ displays his love,
To raise from woe the sinking mind.
To reign in realms above I

rre INVITATIONS. 203

305 L M. Wat»

6rospel Intirtattoiui.

COME hither, all je weaiy souls.
Ye heavy-laden sinners, eome I
I '11 give you rest from all your toils,
Afld raise you to my heavenly home.

2 *'They shall find rest that learn of me;

I 'm of a meek and lowly mind ;
But passion rages like the sea,
And pride is restless as the wind.

3 *' Blest is the man whose shoulders take

My yoke, and bear it with delight ;
My yoke is easy to his neck,

My grace shall make the burden light."

4 Jesus, we come at thy command ;

With faith, and hope, and humble zeal,
Besign our spirits to thy hand

To mould and guide us at thy will.

306 S- ^ Watts.

Cte Blcsie^ness of fC^nVn 3&efgii.

"OW beauteous are their feet,
Who stand on Zion's hill.
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal I

w

2 How happy are our ears,

That hear this joyftd sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found I

204 TH£ GOSPEL.

8 How blessed are our eyes,

That see this heavenly light ;
Prophets and kings desired it long.
But died without the sight.

4 The Lord makes bare his arm
Through all the earth abroad ;
Let every nation now behold
Their Saviour and their Grod.

307 C. M. A. a Thomas.

JOY to the earth I the Prince of Peace
His banner has unfurled ;
Let strife, and sin, and error cease,
And joy pervade the world I

2 Praise ye the Lord I for truth aad gtace

His word and life display ;
Let every soul his love embrace,
And own its gentle sway.

3 Peace on the earth, good will to men.

Embrace the gospel plan ;
Let that sweet strain be heard again.
Which angel tones began.

4 Joy to the isles and lands afar !

Messiah reigns above ;
Let every eye behold the star, —
The star of light and love.

US iKTrcAXKWs. 205

308 <^ ^ ^**»

Bit 6r(uipel CtAmpet*

LET every mortal ear attend,
And every heart rejoice ;
The tnimpet of the gospel soundsi
With an inviting voice.

2 Ho I all ye hungry, starving sonlsy

Who feed upon die wind)
And vainly strive with earthly toys
To fill th' immortal mind —

3 Eternal wisdom has prepared

A soul-reviving feast ;
And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.

4 Ho I ye that pant for living streams,

And pine away and die ;
Here yon may quendi your raging thirst
With streams thai neVer dry.

5 The happy gates of gospel gtaoe.

Stand open night and day ;
Lord, we are come to seek supplies,
And drive oar wants away.

309 B, 7, & 4*8 M. Allen.

. ill EAR the heralds of the gospel ^
XJL News firom Zion's King proclaim : —
**To each xdbel sinner pardon ;

206 THE QOSFEL.

Free forgiveness in his name : "*
Oh, what mercy I
** Free forgiveness in his name."

2 Sinners, will you scorn the message
Sent in mercy firom above ;
Every sentence, O how tender 1
Every line is full of love :

Listen to it ;
Every line is ftJl of love.

8 Tempted souls, they bring you succor ;
Fearful hearts, they quell your fears ;
And with news of consolation
Chase away the failing tears.

Tender heralds —
Chase away the falling tears.

310 0. M. Witts.

AalbatConu

SALVATION! O the joyful sound I
Tis pleasure to our ears ;
A sovereign balm for eveiy wound,
A cordial for our fears.

2 Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At death's dark door we lay ;
But we arise by grace divine,
To see a heavenly day.

8 Salvation I let the echo fly
The spacious earth around.
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound.

ITS IKVITATIONS. 207

311 a M. Watts.
99S to tte fS&wcXt!.

JOY to the world — ^the Lord is come I
Liet earth receive her King ;
Let every heart prepare him room.
And heaven and nature sing.

8 Joy to the earth — ^the Savionrreigns I
Let men their songs employ ;
While fields, and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Hepeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sins and sorrows growi

Nor thorns infest the ground ;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and graoe,

And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness.
And wonders of his love.

312 8 & 7's K Winohill'b Ooub
C(e Crofpel Sroclamatdm.

HARE I the gospel trumpet 's sounding,
Sinners, hear the joyiul call ;
Christ, in pardoning love abounding,
Offers liberty to all.

2 Though your crimes have reached to heaveiit
And of deepest dye appear ;
Ask, and they shall be forgiven.
Seek, and you shall find him near.

208 THE GOSPEL.

3 Cast jour load of guilt behind 70U,
To the Lord for mercy flee ;
Though the strongest fetters bind you,
His salvation imikes you fiee.

M^

n^ FB0MI8ES.

313 H. M. DdwHiBn.

[ARK the soft iallhig snow
And the descending rain 1
To heaven from whence it fell
It turns not back again ;
But waters earth through every pore.
And calls forth all het secret store.

2 Arrayed in beauteous green.

The hills and valleys shine,

And man and beast are fed

By providence divine :

The hsurvest bows its golden ears^

The copious seed of fiiture years.

8 " So," saith the God of grace,
** My gospel shall descend,
Almighty to effect
The purpose I intend :
MillioBfl of souls sludl feel its power.
And bear it down to millions more."*

314 s. M. WAf&

BEHOLD, the morning sun
Begins liis glorious way ;

rrs vaGmBEg. 309

His beasis throngli all the natkHUi run)
And life and llglit convey.

2 But where the gospel comes.

It spreads diviner light ;
It caUs dead sinners fiiom their tombSf
And gives the blind their sight.

3 How perfect is thy word I

And ail thy judgments just !
Porever sure thy promise, Lord,
And we securely trust.

4 My gradous God, how plain

Ajre thy directions given I
O, may we never read in vain,
But find the path to heaven.

315 ^ ^- Axostmxm.

Infltmicf of t(e 0fo9pel Ufte 31arn«

AS showers on meadows newly mown^
Jesus shall shed his blessings down ;
Crowned with whose life-infusing drops.
Earth shall renew her blissful crops.

2 The dews and rains, in all their store,
Drenching the pastures o'er and o'er.
Are not so copious as that grace
Which sanctifies and saves our race.

3 As, in soft silence, vernal showers
Descend, and cheer the fainting flowers.
So, in the secrecy of love,

Falls the sweet influence from above.
14

210 THE OOSFEL.

i That heavenlj influence let me find
In holy silence of the mind,^
While eveiy grace maintains its bloom,
Difliising wide its rich perfume.

k Nor let these blessings be confined
To me, but poured on all mankind,
Till earth's wild wastes in verdure rise.
And a joung Eden bless our eyes.

316 L. IL Whittibu

FAIREST bom of love and light.
Yet bending brow and eye severe
On all which pains the holy sight,

Or wounds the pure and perfect ear, —

o.

2 The generous feeling, pure and warm.
Which owns the rights of all divine,
The pitying heart, the helping arms.
The prompt self-sacrifice, are thina^

8 Beneath thy broad, impartial eye.

How fade the lines of caste and birth I
How equal in their sufferings lie
The groaning multitudes of earth I

4 In holy words which cannot die.

In Uioughts which angels leaned to know,
Christ gave thy message from on high,
Thy mission to a world of woe.

5 That voice's echo hath not died ;

From the blue lake of Gralilee,

ITS PROMISES. 211

From Tabor's lonely mountain side.
It calls a struggling world to thee.

317 ^''S ^ MONTGOMMBT.

Ihmffrt for tit einuptU

^ONGS of praise the angels sang,
Heav^i with hallelujahs rang.
When Jehovah's work begun.
When he spake, and it was done. *

S'

2 Songs of praise awoke the mom,
When the Prince of Peace was bom;
Songs of praise arose, when he
Gtptive led captivity.

3 Heaven and earth must pass away —
Songs of pndse shall crown that day :
God will make new heavens and earth -
Songs of praise shall hail their birth.

4 And shall man alone be dumb.
Till that glorious kingdom come?
No ; the Church delights to raise
Psalms and hymns and songs of praise.

ITS EXTENSION.

318 L. M. WATTi

SnCbetsal Xlefini of CfttM.

GREAT Gt)d, whose universal sway
The known and imknown worlds obey ;

fil2 XHB GOSPEL.

Now give the kingdom to tbj Son ;
Extend his power, exalt his throne*

8 The heathen lands, that lie beneath
The shades of overspreading death,
Eevive at his first dawning light, '

And deserts blossom at the sight.

3 The saints shall flourish in his days,
Dressed in the robes of J07 and pnuse ;
Peftce, like a river, from his throne
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.

319 L. K BoWBiHt.

VtOfftess of 0fospel Srutb*

TTPON the gospel's sacred page
vJ The gathered beams of ages shine s
And, as it hastens, every age

Bui makes its brightness more divine.

2 Truth, strengthened by the strength of thought.
Pours inexhaustible supplies,
Whence sagest teachers may be taught.
And wisdom's self become more wise.

8 More glorious still as centuries roll.

New regions blest, new powers unfurled,
Expanding with die expanding soul.
Its waters shall overflow the world ;

4 Flow to restore, but not destroy ;

As when the cloudless lamp of day
Fours out its floods of light and joy,
And sweeps each lingering mist away.

US EX3EHBU>N. 213

320 C- 11 a Wjywaof.

LORD I send thy servants forth
To call the Hebrews home ;
From east, and west, and soqth, and norths
Let all the wanderers com^.

2 Where'er, in lands unknown.

The Aigitives remain,
Bid every creature help them on,
Thj holj mount to gain.

3 An offering to the Lord,

There let them all be aeen^
Sprinkled with water and with blood,
Li soul and bodj dean.

4 With Israers myriads sealed,

Let all the nations meet ;
And show the mystery fulfilled —
Thy family complete.

321 ^' ^- ANONTMOU&

O'ER mountain tops, the mount of Grod,
In latter days, shall rise
Above the summits of the hills,
And draw the wondering eyes.

2 To this the joyful nations round.
All tribes and tongues, shall flow ;
** Up to the mount of Grod." they say,
** And to his house we 'U go.^

214 THE OOSFEL*

8 The beams that shine from Zion's hill
Shall lighten every land ;
The King who reigns in Salem's towers
Shall tixe whole world command.

4 No war shall rage, nor hostile strife

Disturb those happy years ;
To ploughshares men shall b^ their swords.
To pruning-hooks their spears.

5 No longer host, encountering host,

Shall crowds of slain deplore ;
They '11 lay the martial trumpet by,
And study war no more.

322 8. 7, & 4*8 M. Kelly.

8nit^ ffptes^fng.

LOOK, ye saints I the day is breaking ;
Joyful times are near at hand ;
God, the mighty God, is speaking
By his word in every land :

Day advances —
Darkness flies at his command.

2 God of Jacob, high and glorious I
Let thy people see thy power ;
Let the gospel be victorious

Through the world for evermore :

Then shall idols
Perish, while thy saints adore.

rrs EXTENSION. 215

323 8, 1, & 4'8 M. P. WrujAMfl.

0'£R the gloomy hills of darkness,
Cheer^ by no celestial ray,
Sun of righteousness I arising.
Bring the bright, the glorious day ;
Send the gospel
To the earth's remotest bound.

2 Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness —
Grant them, Lord I the glorious light ;
And, from eastern coast to western,
May the morning chase the night :

And redemption,
Freely purchased, win the day,

8 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel I
Win and conquer, never cease ;
May thy lasting, wide dominions,
Multiply and still increase ;

Sway thy sceptre,
Saviour I all the world around.

324 7 & 6*s M. S. F. Smttb.

€tt 2(iAt of t^e CKotf^eU

nrrSE momlng light is breakings
X The darkness disappears ;
The sons of earth are waking

To penitential tears :
Each breeze that sweeps the ocean

Brings tidings fix>m afar
Of nations in commotion,

Prepared for Zion's war.

2X6 TBB QOSPEL.

3 Bieli dews of grace come o'er us

In maiiy a gentle sbowert
And brighter scenes before us

Are opening every hoiur :
Each cry to heaven going,

Abundant answer brings,
And heavenly gales are blowing,

With peace upon their wings.

8 See heathen nations bending

Before the God we love,
And thousand hearts ascending

In gratitude above ;
While sinners, now confessing.

The gospel call obey.
And seek die Saviour^s blessing, -

A i^ation in a day.

4 Blest river of salvation ;

Pursue thy onward way ;
Flow thou to every nation,

Nor in thy richness stay ;
Stay not till all the lowly

Triumphant reach their home.
Stay )iot till all the holy

Proclaim, ^^ The Lord is come.

325 ^'^ ^' Ba^nmaibb.

BrffuBfon of t(e Croffpel.

SPREAD, O, spread, diou mighty word,
Spread the kingdom of the Lord,
Wheresoe'er his breath has given
Life to beings meant for beavea*

ITS 1SXTE17SI0K. 217

2 Tell them of di^ spirit given
Now, to guide us up to heaven,
Strong and holy, just and tme,
Worlong both to will and do.

3 Word of life, most pure and strong,
Lo I for thee the nations long ;
Spread, till from its dreary night
J^ the world awakes to light.

4 Lord of all men, let there be

Joj and strength to work for thee ;
Let the nations far and near
See thy light, and learn thy fear.

326 7 & 6*8 M. Hnn

JHIfSjitoiiars Affmn.

FOM Ghreenland's icy mountams,
From India's coral strand.
Where Airic's sunny fountains

Roll down their golden sand ;
From many an ancient river.
From many a palmy plain.
They call us to deliver

Ilieir land from error's chain.

2 Shall we, whose souls are lighted

With wisdom from on high.
Shall we to men benighted

The lamp of life deny ?
Salvation, O salvation I

The joyful sound proclaim.
Till earth's remotest nation

Has learned Messiah's name.

IT

218 THE GOSPEL.

3 Waft, waft, ye winds, his stoiy,

And you, ye waters, roll,
Till, like a sea of glory,

It spreads fix>m pole to pole ;
Till o'er our ransomed nature

The Lamb for sinners slain,
Bedeemer, Renovator,

In bliss returns to reign.

327 8 & Vs M. HiL8cnio&

8(f €tt(0tC«n Hefotmet mcoursg^*

[E that goeth forth with weeping.
Bearing still the precious seed.
Never tiring, never sleeping,

Soon shall see his toil succeed :
Showers of rain will fall from heaven.

Then the cheering sun will shine,
So shall plenteous fruit be given,
Through an influence all divine.

2 Sow thy seed, be never weary.

Let not fear thy mind employ ;
Though the prospect be most dreary.

Thou may'st reap the fruits of joy :
Lo I the scene of verdure brightening.

See the rising grain appear ;
Look again I the fields are whit'ning,

Harvestotime is surely near.

328 ^ M- Pratt's Coll.
Israel vetamdm from ft oytlWlff.

"Y^ST'HY, on the bending willows hung,
If O Israel, sleeps thy tuneful string? —

rrs jsOESsiGJU. 219

Still mute remains thy sullen tongue,
And Zion's song declines to sing?

2 Awake I thy sweetest raptures raise ;

Let harp and voice unite their strains :
Thy promised E^g his sceptre sways ;
And Jesus, thy Messiah, reigns.

3 No taunting foes the song require ;

No strangers mock thy captive chain^
But friends invite the silent lyre.
And brethren ask the holy strain.

4 Nor fear thy Salem^s hills to yrrong.

If other lands thy triumph share :
A heavenly city claims thy song ;
A brighter Salem rises there.

5 By foreign streams no longer roam ;

Nor, weeping, think of Jordan's flood :
In every clime behold a home ;
In every temple see thy God.

329 7 & 6*8 K Lytb.

8^e Salbatfon of Israel.

THAT the Lord's salvation ;

Were out of Zion come,
To heal his ancient nation.
To lead his outcasts home I

0

2 How long the holy city-
Shall heathen feet proiane?
Return, O Lord, in pity ;
Rebuild her walls again.

220 THE tjOSFEL*

3 Let M thy rod of terror ;

Thy saving grace impart ;
Boll back the veil of error ;
Belease the fettered heart.

4 Let Israely home retumingy

Her lost Messiah see ;
Give oil of joy for mouming,
And bind ihy church to uiee.

rrs TRIUMPH.

330 i^ M. wiLDk

WTTTTiST &r and wide thy scattered sheep,
Great Shepherd, in the desert stray.
Thy love, by some, is thought to sleep^
Unmindfiil of the wanderer's way.

2 But truth declares, they shall be found.
Wherever now they darkh'ng roam :
Thy voice shall throiigh the desert sound,
And smumon every wanderer home.

8 Upon the darkened paths of sin,
Instead of terror's sword of flame.
Shall love descend, — for love can win
Far more than terror can reclaim.

4 And they shall turn their wandering feet,
By grace redeemed, by love controlled.
Till all at Inst in Eden meet,
One happy, universal fold.

ITS TBiyMl^, 2^1

331 ^ ^ Anontmouil

VlTE long to see that happy time,
▼ ▼ That long-expected, blissM day.
When men of every name and clime
The glprions gospel shall obey.

2 The word of Qod shall firm abide,

Though earth and hell should daxe oppose ;
The stone cut from the mountain's side^
To universal empire grows.

3 Afric^s emancipated sons

Shall shout to Asia's rapturous song,
Europe, with her unnumbered tongues,
And western climes the strain prolong.

4 From east to west, from north to south,

Immanuel's kingdom shall extend ;
And every. man, in every face,
Shall meet a brother and a friend.

332 H. M. & STBiqiiDL
0rtace CTtfttmi^siit.

BEFORE the world was made.
Or sun or planets shone,
Salvation's base was laid

In God's anointed Son,
Who came to spread the truth abroad.
And reconcile a world to God.

2 By mercy's hand upheld,

Firmly his purpose stands :

222 THE Q08PEL.

What love his bosom filled I

What kindness moved his hands t
What pity warmed his pleading breath,
Who meeklj blest his foes in death I

8 Now raised to realms above.

Where boundless mercies shine,

Will Christ forget his love?
Forget this heart of mine?

O, no ; his favors never end ;

He's there, as here, the sinner's friend.

333 ^' ^ WATm
Snniersal ISitBttuffi of ftl»r(8t*« Sftefjin. 9b. IpiM

JESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run ;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore.
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

2 Blessings abound where'er he reigns ;
The prisoner leaps to loose his chains ;
The weary find eternal rest.
And all the sons of want are blest.

8 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honors to their king ;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the long Amen.

334 H. M. E. TuBHiE.
Snfbersal Kfiin.

COME, sing a Saviour's power.
And praise his mighty name.

ITS TKIUMPH. 223

His wondrous love adore,

And chant his growing fame :
Wide o'er the world a King shall reigny
And righteousness and peace maintain,

2 The sceptre of his grace

He shall forever wield ;
His foes before his face.

To strength divine shall yield :
The conquest of his truth shall show
What an almighty arm can do,

3 His alienated sons,

By sin beguiled, betrayed,
Shall then be bom at once.

And willing subjects made :
Such numbers shall his courts adorn,
As dewdrops of the vernal mom.

4 His realm shall ever stand,

By liberal things upheld.
And, from his bounteous hand,

All hearts with joy be filled ;
A universe with praise shall own
The countless honors of his throne.

335 0. M. tt Ballou.

Z^t dnp(re of ^Inrfst.

JESUS hia empire shall extend ;
Beneath his gentle sway
Kings of the earth shall humbly bend,
And his commands obey.

224 THE GOSPBL.

2 As clouds descend in gentle showers^

When spring renews her reign ;

And call to life the fragrant flowers

0*er forest) hill, and plain ; —

3 So Jesns, by his heavenly grace.

Descends on man below.
And o^er the millions of our race
His gentle blessings flow.

4 Long as the sun shall rule the day.

Or moon shall cheer the night,
The Saviour shall his sceptre sway
With unresisted might.

5 All that the reign of sin destroyed.

The Saviour shall restore ;
And, from the treasures of the Lord,
Shall give us blessings more.

336 ^'^ ^'^ * ^'^ ^- ^"'^^•

Sncottrasfng Vtospects.

"V7TES, we trust the day is breaking ;
X Joyful times are near at hand ;
God, the mighty God, is speaking.
By his word, in every land :

AVhen he chooses,
Darkness flies at his command.

2 While the foe becomes more daring,
While he enters like a flood,
God, the Saviour, is preparing
Means to spread his truth abroad :

Every language
Soon slmll tell the love of God.

ITS TRIUMPH. 2^5

3 Grpd of Jacob, high and glorious,
Let thj people see thy hand ;
Let the gospel be victonous
Through the wo^ldi ia every Iwd :

Thea M i^Qh
Pensb, Lord, at thy coouaiuid-

337 Tb M. lilUBTWfc

8^ VletoK^ of €!|clKt

rpHOU dost come, all-healing Lord,
JL Thou dost speak, and, lo I thy word
Maketh truth o'er falsehood strong,
Makedi right prevail o'er wrong,

2 Immortality forth breaks.

Time's best brightness to outglow I
And sweet hope yet briefer makes
Our brief exil^ here below.

3 Love celestial mal^eth light,

Lifteth up each burden here ;
Lo I the eternal age dawns bright ;
No remorse need be despair.

4 Deeper worth the just soul hath ;

Virtue lowlier, loftier grows ;
Qiildren know thy humble faith ;
Wisdom nought more glorious knows.

5 And man, whom this glory cheers,

Man, for whom this light is sown,
Besteth fast, two thousand years,
Li thy word's strange strength alone.

15

226 THE GOSPEL.

338 rs U. MOHTOOIUBT.

HABKI the song of jubOee,
Loud as mighty tiiunders roar,
Or the fuhiess of the sea,

When it breaks upon the shore ; -^-
Halldujah to the Lord I

Grod omnipotent shall reign ;
Hallelujah ! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.

2 Hallelujah I — hark ! the sound.

Heard through earth, and through the skies,
Wakes above, beneatb, around.

All creation's harmonies :
See Jehovah's banner furled,

Sheathed his sword ; he speaks, — 't is done I
And the kingdoms of this world

Are the kingdoms of his Son.

339 8 & 7's M. Cowpn.
Eke Itlnifiom of Mesten.

HEAB what God, the Lord, hath spoken;
O my people, faint and few,
Comfortless, afflicted, broken,
Fair abodes I build for you ;
Scenes of heartfelt tribulation

Shall no more perplex your ways ;

You shall name your walls salvation.

And your gates shall all be praise.

2 There, in undisturbed possession,

Peace and righteousness shall reign ;

ITS TEiUMPa. 227

Never shall you feel oppression,

Never hear of war again ;
Grod shall rise, and, shining o'er you.

Change to day the gloom of night;
He, the Lord, shall be your glory,

God your everlasting light.

340 lO's M. Po»

9cflifcte1i 0rbts of t|>e fHauAu^'u &fnQtiom«

RISE, crowned with light, imperial Salem^
' rise I
Exalt thy towering head, and lift thine eyes I
See heaven its sparkling portals wide display.
And break upon thee in a flood of day I

2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn,
See future sons and daughters yet unborn,
In crowding ranks on every side arise.
Demanding life, impatient for the skies I

3 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend.
Walk in thy light, and in thy temples bend I
^ee thy bright altars thronged with prostrate

kings.
While every land its joyous tribute brings.

4 The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay ,
Socks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ;
But fixed his word, his saving power remains ;
Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns.

228 TEE GOSPEL.

341 L, M. H. Ballou.
SUssfngs of ew»t'M Snlbersal 30lc(flii.

Wl HEN Grod descends with men to dwclli

t T And all creation makes anew, *
What tongue can half the wonders tell ?
What eye the dazzling glories view?

2 Celestial streams shall gently flow ;
The wilderness shall joyful be ;
Lilies on parched ground shall grow ;
And gladness spring on every tree ;

3 The weak be strong, the fearfiil bold.
The deaf shall hear, the dumb shall sing.
The lame shall walk, the blind behold.
And joy through all the earth shall ring.

4 Monarchs and slaves shall meet in love ;
Old pride shall die, and meekness reign, —
When God descends from worlds abovCj
To dwell with men on earth again.

342 0. M. Miwow
€i9 Kdiglrom of 0ro)r on Sattt.

ri^HE Lord will come, and not be slow ;
jL His footsteps cannot err ;
Before him righteousness shall go.
His royal harbinger.

2 The nations all whom thou hast made
Shall come, and all shall frame
To bow them low before thee, Lord,
And glorify thy name.

ITS TBIUMFH. 229

3 Truth from the earth* like to a flower.

Shall bud and blossom then,
And Justice, from her heavenly bower,
Look down on mortal men.

4 Thee will I praise, O Lord, my God,

Thee honor and adore
With my whole he^rt, and blaze abroad
Thy name for eyennore*

343 a IC. NoTAua

Bit WfBoiXti Tfstorely in ^rfst*

"YTTE say to all men &r and near
T f That Christ has risen again ;
That he is with us now and here,
And eyer shall remain.

2 The way of darkness that he trod
To heaven at last shall come,
* And he who hearkens to his word.
Shall reach his Father's home.

B Now let the mourner grieve no more.
Though his beloved sleep,
A happier meeting shall restore
Their light to eyes that weep.

4 He lives ; his presence hath not ceased.
Though foes and fears be rife ;
And thus we hail the gospel feast,
A world renewed to life I

230 THE GOSPEL.

344 C. p. M. IL Batkbl

THE radiant dawn of gospel light,
The prophet saw in vision bright.
And hsuled th' auspicious day.
When Christ should all his grace disclose
And cure the world of all its woes,
B7 truth's triumphant swaj.

2 The blind their eyes shall open wide ;
To drink the light's o'erflowing tide,

The deaf sweet music hear ;
The lame like bounding hart shall leap ;
The dumb no longer silence keep.

But shout redemption near.

3 And there shall be a holy way,

In which the simple shall not stray, —

The path so plain and bright.
Wayfaring men therein shall walk,
And of their home and kindi*ed talk.

With rapture and delight.

345 7 & 6's M. Hb8l Colbxtrh.

9eace 8r(ttTnp|iant

ri^HE mom of peace is beaming —
jL Its glory will appear ;
Behold its early gleaming,

The day is drawing near ;
The spear shall then be broken.

And sheathed the glittering sword -^
The olive be the token.

And Peace the greeting word.

ITS TniUMFIL 231

2 Yes, yes, the day is breaking I

Far brighter joys that beam I
The nations round are waking,

As from a midnight dream :
They see it radiance shedding,

Where all was dark as night ;
T is higher, wider spreading —

A boundless flood of licrht.

*o*

346 8 & 7'8 M. HOPBDALB OOLL.

"VTE AES are coming — speed them onward 1
i When the sword shall gather rust,
And the helmet, lance, and fsJchion,
Sleep at last in silent dust I

2 Earth has heard too long of battle,

Heard the trumpet's voice too long I
But another age advances,
' Seers foretold in ancient song.

3 Years are coming when, forever,

War^s dread banner shall be forled,
And the angel Peace be welcomed,
Begent of the happy world.

4 Hail with song that glorious era,

When the sword shall gather rusty
And the helmet, lance, and falchion,
Sleep at last in silent dust.

233 THE GOSPBL.

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DOWN the dark future, through long gen-
eratious,
The sounds of war grow fainter, .and then
cease;
And like a bell with solemn, sweet vibrationB,
I hear once more the voice of Christ say,
Peace I

2 Peace I and no longer, from its brazen portak.
The blast of wur's great organ shakes the
skies:
But, beautiful as songs of the immortals^
The holy melodies of love arise.

348 0. M. Watts.

9»9|^tt of Qlnfberfral 3Sle98(Tiness«

LO I what a glorious sight app^urs
To our l^lieving eyes !
The earth and seas are passed away,
And the old rolling skies.

2 From the third heayen, where God resides,

That holy, happy place.
The new Jerusalem comes down,
Adorned with shining grace..

3 ** The Grod of glory do\^Ti to men

Removes his blessed abode ;
Men, the dear objects of his grace.
And he, the loving God.

ITS xsmMPH. 233

4 ** His own soft hand shall wipe the tears

From every weeping eye ;
And pains and groans, and ffriefe and fears*
And death itself shall die.**

5 How long, dear Saviour, O how long

Shall this bright hour delay?
Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,
And bring the welcome day.

349 a M. T. Moou

9bs of Stetremytton*

BUT who shall see the glorious day
When, throned on Zion's brow.
The Lord shall rend that veil away

Which hides the nations now ?
When earth no more beneath the fear

Of his rebuke shall lie ;
When pain shall cease, and every tear
Be wiped from every eye.

2 Then, Judah, thou no more shalt mourn

Beneath the heathen's chain ;
Thy days of splendor shall retunif

And all be new again.
The fount of life shdl then be quaffed

In peace, by all who come ;
And every wind that blows shall waft

Some long-lost exile home.

234 THE GOSPEL.

350 ^* ^* BXOSABM.

ONG as the darkening cloud abode.
So long did ancient Israel rest ;
Nor moved thej, till the guiding Lord
In brighter garments stood confest.

L*

2 Father of spirits, Light of light.

Lift up the cloud, and rend the veil :
Shine forth in fire, amid that night.

Whose blackness mokes the heart to fiul.

3 T? is done I to Christ the power is given ;

His death has rent the veil away.
Our great forerunner entered heaven.
And oped the gates of endless day.

4 Nor shall those mists that brood o'er time

Forever blind the mental eye ;
They backward roll, and light sublime
Beams glory from our G^ on high.

5 Adoring nations hail the dawn,

All kingdoms bless the noontide beam.
And light, unfolding life's full mom,
Is vast creation's deathless theme.

351 S. M. JOHHS,

Z^9 Kfnationi of 0ro1i.

COME, kingdom of our Gt)d,
Sweet reign of light and love I
Shed peace, and hope, and joy abroad.
And wisdom from above.

ITS TBIUMFH. 235

2 Over our spirits first

Extend ihj healing reign ;
There raise and quench the sacred thirst.
That never pains again.

3 Come, kin^om of our God I

And msSsie the broad earth thine ;
Stretch o'er her lands and isles the rod
That flowers with grace divine.

4 Soon may all tribes be blest

With fruit from life's glad tree ;
And in its shade like brothers rest.
Sons of one family.

5 Come, kingdom of our Grod I

And raise thy glorious throne
In worlds by the undying trod,
Where (rod shall bless his own.

352 7 & 5's U. AG. Thomas.

81>e SeieconcfUatfon.
rpHOU, whose wide extended sway
X Suns and systems e'er obey 1
Thou, our Guanlian and our stay,

Evermore adored :

In prospective, Lord, we see

Jew and Gentile, bond and free,

Becondled in Christ to thee,

Holy, Holy Lord.

2 Thou by aQ shalt be confessed^
Ever blessing, ever blest,
When to thy eternal rest,
In the courts above,

236 THE GOSPEL.

Thou shalt bring the sore oppressed ;
Fill each joy-deairing brea£t ;
'Mflke of each a welcome guest.
At the feast of love.

3 When destroying death shall die.
Hushed be every rising sigh,
Te«rs be wiped from every eye,

Never more to fall ;

Then shall prdses fill the sky,

And angelic hosts shall cry,

Holy, Uoly Lord, Most High,

Thou art all in all I

353 L. M. TlNVTflOK

CBoo) t^e Snal €^l oC SO.
YET, we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of ill.
To pangs of nature, sins of will.
Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ;

0

2 That nothing walks with aimless feet.
That not one life shall be destroyed,
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile complete.

8 That not a worm is cloven in vain ;
That not a moth with vain desire
Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire.
Or but subserves another's gain.

4 Behold, we know not anything ;

I can but trust that good shall fall
At last — ^far off — at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring.

ITS tbiuMph. . 887

354 B. M. H. Ballou

Antonssl 39lelrein|ttoii.

IN God's eternity
There shall a day arise,
When all the race of man shall be
With Jesus in the skieB.

2 As tiight before the rays
Of morning flees away,
Sin shall retire beit»re the blaze
Of God's eternal day.

8 As music fills the grove

When stormy clouds are past,
Sweet anthems of redeeming love
Shall all employ at last.

4 Bedeemed from death and sin,
Shall Adam's numerous race
A ceaseless song of praise begin.
And shout redeeming grace.

355 ^ ^* ^^^^ STi&Liihii
8toit, 0ro)i» todt (eat.

STILL prayers are strong, and Grod is good ;
Man is not made for endless ill ;
Dear spirit I my soul's tormented mood
Has yet a hope thou canst not kill.

2 Bepentance clothes in grass and flowers,
The grave in which the past is laid ;
And close to fmth's old minster towers,
The cross lights up the ghostly shade.

238 THE GOSPEL.

8 Around its foot the shapes of fear,

Whose eyes mj weaker heart appall.
As sister suppliants thrill the. ear
With cries that loud for mercy call.

4 Thou, Gk)d, wilt hear I thy pangs are meant
To heal die spirit, not destroy ;
And what may seem for vengeance sent.
When thou conunandest, works for joy.

35g 10*s M. Epbs SABanra.

**mi ibonls Bte Satnt.** S;eftrel pbOT* 4.

ALL souls, O Lord, are thine; — assurance
blest ! —
Thine, not our own to rob of help divine ;
Not man's, to doom by any human test.

But thine, O gracious Lord, and only thine I

2 Surely ** the soul that sinneth, it sh^ die,"
Die to the sin that would its life confine I
Evil shall boast not perpetuity.

Since every soul, however &11 'n, is thine.

8 Thine, by thy various discipline, to lead

To heights where heavenly truths immortal
shine ; —
Truths, none eternally shall fail to heed.
For all, O Lord, are thine, forever thine.

4 Forgive the thought, that everlasting ill
To any can be part of thy design ;
Finite, imperfect, erring, guilty, — still

All souls, great God, are thine — and mercy
thine.

F'

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TEIAL AND SUFFERING.
357 L. M. 6 L H. Wabu Jl.

^ATBDSR, thy gentle chastiseinent
Falls kindly on my burdened soul ;
I see its merciful intent.

To warn me back to thy control,
And pray that wliile I kiss the rod,
I may find perfect peace with God.

2 The errors of my heart I know ;
I feel my deep infirmities ;

For often virtnous feelings glow,

And holy purposes arise,
But, like the morning clouds, decay.
As empty, though as fair as they.

3 Forgive the weakness I deplore.
And let thy peace abound in me.

That I may trust my heart no more.

But wholly cast myself on thee.
0,let my Father's strength be mine.
And my devoted life be thine I

240 MAN.

358 rsM. cowFi

8t(al 9roflUUf.

'HP IS my happiness below,
X Not to live without the cross i
But the Saviour^s power to know,
Sanctifying eveiy loss.

2 Trials must and will befall ;
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all,
This is happiness to me.

8 Trials make the promise sweet
Trials give new life to prayer ;
Bring me to my Father's feet,
Lay me low, and keep me thei

there.

359 ^ ^' TfturoB.

8|e fitUfOMtx^ of Aiifferfng.
LIFE, O death, O world, O time,
O grave, where all things flow,
'T is yours to make our lot sublime.
With your great weight of woe I

o

2 Though sharpest anguish hearts may wring,
Though bosoms torn may be,
Yet suffering is a holy thing ;
Without it, what were we?

3g0 ^ ^ TonJLDT.

dtoeetnesflT of dttfraifssTon.

Y^ilEN languor and disease invade
IT This trembh'ng house of clay.

TBIAL AND SUFFESIKG. 241

T is sweet to look bj faith abroad.
And long to fly away ;

2 Sweet on his faithfulness to rest.

Whose love can never end ;
Sweet on his covenant of grace
For all things to depend ;

3 Sweet, in the confidence of faith.

To trust his £rm decrees ;
Sweet to lie passive in his hands,
And know no will but his.

361 C. M. Watts.

JQunran iTrants. 3to. nt^ip*

npEACH me the measure of my days,
A Thou Maker of my frame 1
I would survey life's narrow space,
And learn how frail I am.

2 A span is all that we can boast, —

An inch or two of time ;
Man is but vanity and dust,
In all his flower and prime.

3 Some walk in honor's gaudy show ;

Some dig for golden ore ;
They toil for heirs, they know not who.
And straight are seen no more.

4 What should I wish or wait, for, then.

From creatures, earth, and dust?
They make our expectations vain,
And disappoint our trust.

242 KAN.

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3g2 ^'^ ^* '* Tatlob

Confeflsfon of SUtu

I^OD of meny , Grod of grace,
Hear our sad, repentant songs ;
Oy restore thj suppliant race,

Thou, to whom our praise belongs.

G'

2 Deep regret for follies past,

Talents wasted, time misspent ;
Hearts debased by worldly cares,
Thankless for the blessings lent ; -^

3 Foolish fears, and fond desires.

Vain regrets for things as vain.
Lips too seldom taught to praise,
Oft to murmur and complain ; —

4 These, and every secret iault.

Filled with grief and shame we own ;
Humbled at thy feet we lie,

Seeking pardon from thy throne.

3g3 • 0. DL Bbmvuxt.

0rtte 9enttence.

SINNER, bring not tears alone.
Or outward form of prayer.
But let it in thy heart be known
That peiptence is there.

o

2 To smite the breast, the clothes to rend,
God asketh not of thee ;

BEFENTANCE AND BEFOBMATION. 243

Thy secret soul he bids thee bend
In true humility.

3 O, let uSf then, with heartfelt grief.
Draw near unto our Grod ;
And pray to him to grant relief.
And stay the lifted rod.

354 a iL LuTBiB.

M ^iit of t^e Beytts ^be I coneH unto 8(ee/*

OUT of the depths I cry to thee,
Lord God I O hear my prayer,
Incline a gracious ear to me,
And bid me not despair.

2 My hope is ever in the Lord,

My works I count but dust,
I buUd not there, but on thy word,
And in thy goodness trust.

3 Though thou should'st tarry till the night,

And round again to mom,
My heart shall ne'er mistrust thy might.
Nor count itself forlorn.

4 Though great our sins and sore our wounds,

And deep and dark our fall.
Thy helping mercy hath no bounds ;
Thy love surpaeseth all.

244 KAN.

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3Lo! I come.

TUST as I am, without one plea
V But that thy blood was shed for me.
And that thou bidd'st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come I

2 Just as I am, though tossed about

With many a conflict, many a doubt.
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of Crod, I come I

8 Just as I am, thou wilt receive.

Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve I
Because thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come !

3gg lO's M. ANONTiions.

Comfii0 JIQQme.

OGOD I unworthy of thy boundless love.
Too oft, with careless feet, from thee we
rove;
Yet now, encouraged by thy voice, we come,
Betuming children, to a Father's home.

2 O, by that power in which all fulness dwells,
O, by that love which every love excels,
O, by that grace which meets repented sin,
Open thou wide thine arms and take us in I

BEPENTANCE AlID BEFOBMATION. {45

2g»7 0. P. M. NlWTOir.

8|e JfitnXUtit stttrenlrrtfng.

LORD, thou hast won — at length I yield ;
Mj hearty by mighty grace compcdled.
Surrenders all to thee ;
Against thy terrors long I strove,
But who can stand against thy love? ^-
Love conquers even me.

2 If thou hadst bid thy thunders roll,
And lightnings flash to awe my soul,

I still had stubborn been :
But mercy has my heart subdued,
A bleeding Saviour I have viewed.

And now I hate my sin.

3 Now, Lord, I would be thine alone ;
Come, take possession of thine own,

For thou hast set me free ;
Released from Satan's hard command.
See all my powers in waiting stand,

To be employed by thee.

3(3S L. IL MooBB.

3Sfreat]iriijss of e^tace.

LIKE morning — when her early breeze
Breaks up the surface of the seas.
That, in their furrows, dark with night.
Her hand may sow the seeds of light —

2 Thy grace can send its breathings o'er
The spirit dark and lost before ;

246 MAN.

And, fresliemng all its dq>th8, prepare
For truth divine to enter tliere.

3 Till David touched his sacred lyre,
In silence lay the unbreathing wire ;
But when he swept its chords along,
Then angels stooped to hear the song.

4 So sleeps the soul, till thou, O Lord,
Shalt deign to touch its lifeless chord ;
Till, waked by thee, its breath shall rise.
In music wordiy of the skies.

369 S. H. SZOHABMI

Sos anlr ^esce (n fTttCst.

CHEIST, what gracious words,
Are ever, ever thine ;
Thy voice is music to the soul,
And life and peace divine.

o

8 The broken heart, the poor.

The bruised, the deaf, the blmd.
The dumb, the dead, the captive wretch^
In thee compassion find.

8 Lord Jesus, speed the day.
The promised day of grace.
To all the poor, the dumb, the deaf,
The dead, of Adam's race.

4 One song shall then employ

The blest, the blessing, whole ;
And human nature shout thy name,— >
The life of every soul.

BEFENTANGE AND REFORMATION. 247

OyQ S. M. BULTIHOE.

€ConbeTt*s Soj.

"OW glorious is the hour
When first our souls awake,
And through thy spirit's quickening power
Of the new life partake I

H*

2 With richer beautj glows

The world, before so fair ;
Her holj light religion throws,
Seflected everywhere.

3 Amid repentant tears,

We t^ sweet peace within ;
We know the God of mercy hears,
And pardons every sin.

4 Bom of thy spirit, Lord,

Thy spirit may we share ;
Deep in our hearts inscribe thy word,
And place thine image there.

371 L. M. BlOHTlR.

TniuUted by J. Weslflj.

Sebout $enftence.

Tiyl Y soul before thee prostrate lies ;
i3JL To thee, her source, my spirit flies ;
My wants I mourn, my chains I see ;
0,let thy presence set me free.

2 In life's short day, let me yet more
Of thy enlivening power implore ;
My mind must deeper sink in thee.
My foot stand firm firom wandering tree.

248 HAN.

3 Take full possedsion of my heart ;
The lowly mind of (>Tirist impart ;
I still will wait, O Lord, on thee.
Till, in thy light, the light I see.

4 One only care my soul should know.
Father, all thy commands to do ;
Oh I deep engrave it on my breast.
That I in thee alone am blest.

372 8. M. JxmTis.

0rolr*s i^ercj; to ^e Senftcnt.

SWEET is the friendly voice
Which speaks of life and peace ;
Which bids the penitent rejoice,
And sin and sorrow cease.

2 No balm on earth like this

Can cheer the contrite heart ;
No flattering dreams of eartldy bliss
Such pure delight impart.

8 Still merciful and kind.

Thy mercy. Lord, reveal :
The broken heart thy love can bind.
The wounded spirit heal.

4 Thy presence shall restore

Peace to my anxious breast :
Lord, let my steps be drawn no more
From paths which thou hast blessed.

REPENTANCE AND REFOBMATION. 249

373 L. IL COWPIB.
9tnu after s Atotm.

WHEN darkness long has veiled my mind.
And smiling day once more appears,
Then, my Creator I then I find
The folly of my doubts and fears.

2 Straight I upbraid my wandering heart.

And blush that I should ever be
Thus prone to act so base a part,
Or harbor one hard thought of thee.

3 O I let me then at length be taught.

What I am still so slow to learn, —
That God is love, and changes not,
Nor knows the shadow of a turn.

4 Sweet truth, and easy to repeat 1

But when my hith is sharply tried,
I find myself a learner yet,

Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide.

5 But, O my God I one look Gram thee

Subdues the disobedient will,
Drives doubt and discontent away.
And thy rebeUious child is still.

374 0. M. 0. Wisunr.
Vain SHcyentance.

nniMES without number have I prayed,
A ** This only once forgive ; **
Relapsing when thy hand was stayed.
And suffered me to live.

250 HAN.

2 Yet now the kingdom of thy peace,
Lord, to mj heart restore ;
Forgive my vain repentances,
Aad bid me sin no more.

375 p. M. Hbbie.

««8)ete Cs 9os (n JQeabm ober one ibdinet t(at
repentetf).*'

rilHERE was joy in heaven I
X There was joy in heaven I
When this goodly world to frame.
The Lord of light and mercy came :
Shouts of joy were heard on high.
And the stars sang from the sky,
<* Glory to God in heaven I **

2 There was joy in heaven !
There was joy in heaven I
When of love the midnight beam
Dawned on the towers of Bethlehem ;
And along the echoing hill

Angels sang — *' On earth good wiU,
And glory in the heaven I "

3 There is joy in heaven I
There is joy in heaven I

When the sheep that went astray
Turns again to virtue's way ;
When the soul by grace subdued
Sobs its prayer of gratitude,
Then is there joy in heaven I

CHRISTIAN YIBTUES AND LIFE. 251

CHKllSTIAN VIRTDES AND LIFE.

375 0. M. 6 1. Anna L. Warino.

Aeeltrn0 « Bxu$ Jlffr.

FATHER, I know that all my life
Is portioned out to me ;
The changes that must surely come

I do not fear to see ;
I ask thee for the present mind,
Intent on pleasing thee.

2 I ask thee for a thankful love,

Through constant watching wise.
To meet the glad with cheerful smile.

And wipe the weeping eyes ;
A heart at leisure from itself,

To soothe and sympathize.

3 I would not have the restless will

That hurries to and fro,
Seeking for some great thing to dOf

Or secret thing to know ;
I would be dealt with as a child^

And guided where to go.

4 Wherever in the world I am,

In whatsoe'er estate,
I would have fellowship with hearts.

To keep and cultivate ;
A work of holy love to do.

For him on whom I wait.

852 MAN.

I

377 S. M- 8 1. A50NTM0U8.

fox s IBlffltt SbfUxlU

WANT a sober mind,
A self-renouncing will,
That tramples down and casts behind
The baits of pleasing ill ;
A soul inured to pain,
To hardship, grief, and loss,
Bold to take up, firm to sustain
The consecrated cross.

2 I want a godly fear,

A quick-discerning eye,
That looks to thee when sin is near.

And sees the tempter fly ;

A spirit still prepared,

And armed with jealous care,
Forever standing on its guard.

And watching unto prayer.

8 I want a true regard,

A single, steady fdm.
Unmoved by threatening or reward,

To thee and thy great name ;

A zealous, just concern

For thine immortal praise ;
A pure desire that all may learn

And glorify thy grace.

378 ^- ^- Hymns of the Ukity.

WITHIN thine altar's shade
We bend the shrinking knee.

GHBISTIAN yrnXUES AND LIFE. 253

Knowing onr weak humanity
Must strengthened be hy thee.

2 With fear that seems like hope.

And hope that seems like fear,
We place thereon a naked heart,
A penitential tear.

3 We know that we are weak,

We know that thou art strong :
Grant us the will to serre the right.
The power to shun the wrong.

4 Act well ; for every deed

Will curse you or will bless ;

Its influence lingers near the soul.

And makes you more or less.

5 Press on in duty's path ;

Press on to nobler life ;
Ejiowing that he who made you men
Is with you in the strife.

379 8s, 78, & 48 H. OUTSB.

^or BfUne Gnftrance anH Sbustenance.

GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah 1
Pilgrim through this barren land ;
I am weak, but thou art mighty ;
Hold me with thy powerful hand ;

Bread of heaven
Feed me till I want no more.

2 Open now the crystal fountains
Whence the living waters flow ;

254 MAN.

Let the fierjy cloudy pillar
Lead me all the joumej through.

Strong Deliverer 1
Be thou still my strength and shield.

8 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside ;
Bear me through the swelling current,
Land me safe on Canaan's side.

Songs of praises
I will ever give to thee.

380 C* ^ ^- WrnioB.

JUbftiji to CttCst*

THE world throws wide its brazen gates ;
With thee we enter in ;
O, grant us, in our humble sphere.
To firee that world firom sin I

8 We have one mind in Christ our Lord,
To stand and point above ;
To hurl rebuke at social wrong ;
But all, O God, in love.

8 The star is resting in the sky ;
To worship Chnst we came ;
The moments haste ; O, touch our tongues
With thy celestial flame I

4 The truest worship is a life ;
All dreaming we resign ;
We lay our offering at thy feet, —
Our lives, O Christ, are thine I

CHBI8TIAN VIRTUES AND LIFE. 255

3SX S- ^- HULBKBT.

IMng to Ctoti.

TEACH me, my God and Eing^
Thy will in all to see :
And what I do in anything,
To do it as for thee I

2 To scorn the senses' sway,

While still to thee I tend ;
In all I do, be thou the way,
In all, be thou the end.

3 All may of thee partake :

Nottung so small can be,
But draws, when acted for thy sake.
Greatness and worth from thee.

4 If done beneath thy laws,

E'en servile labors shine ;
Hallowed is toil, if this the cause;
The meanest work, divine.

3g2 ^' ^ DODDBIDGB.

8(e €t(tfotran IBlace.

AWAKE, my soul I stretch every nerve,
And press with vigor on ;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

2 A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in full survey :
Forget the steps already trod.
And onward urge thy way.

956 HAN.

3 T is Grod's all-anlmatmg voice

That calls thee from on high ;
T is his own hand presents the prize
To thine aspiring eye ; —

4 That prize with peerless glories bright,

Which shall new lustre boast
When victors' wf eaths and monarchs' gemfl.
Must blend in common dust.

383 L M. wat»

AWAKE, our souls, away our fears ;
Let every trembling thought be gone ;
Awake, and run the heavenly race,
And put a cheerful courage on.

2 True 'tis a strait and thorny road.

And mortal spirits tire and faint ;
But they forget the mighty God,

That feeds the strength of every saint.

3 From thee, the overflowing spring,

Our souls shall drink a fresh supply ;

While such as trust their native strength.

Shall melt away, and droop and die.

4 Swift as an eagle cuts the air.

We '11 mount aloft to thine abode ;
On wings of love our souls shall fly.
Nor tire amidst the heavenly road.

GHBISnAN VIRTUES AKD LIFE. 257

384f ^' ^* ^^^ Basbauld.

AWAKE, my soul I lift up thine eyes ;
See where thj foes against thee rise.
In long array a numerous host ;
Awake, my soul I or thou art lost.

2 Here giant danger threatening stands,
Mustering his pale, terrific bands ;
There pleasure's silken banner 's spread,
And willing souls are captive led.

3 See where rebellious passions rage,
And fierce desires and lusts engage ;
The meanest foe of all the train

Has tliousands and ten thousands slain*

4 Thou tread'st upon enchanted ground ;
Deceitful snares beset thee round ;
Beware of all ; guard every part ;
But most the traitor in thy heart.

385 L. M. WATTa

9)e Clrfstran fVarfore.

AmSE, my soul, shake off thy fears,
And gird the gospel-armor on ;
March to the gates of endless joy,

Where thy great Leader, Christ, has gone.

2 Sin and the world resist thy course ;

But these, my soul, are vanquished foes ;
For Jesus nailed them to the cross.
And sang the triumph when he rose.

258 MAN.

3 Then let my soul march boldlj on,

Pr^ss forward to the heavenly gate ;
There peace and joy eternal reign.

And glittering robes for conquerors wait.

4 There shall I wear a victor's crown,

And triumph in Jehovah's grace :
There all the just, in chorus joined,
Unite to celebrate his praise.

QQg 0. H. AVONTMOUB.

9(e \BtoU ISnnor.

SPEED thee, Christian, on ihy way,
And to thy armor cling ;
With girded loins the call obey
That grace and mercy bring.

o

8 There is a battle to be fought.
An upward race to run,
A cro\m of glory to be sought,
A victory to be won.

8 O, fikint not. Christian, for thy sighs
Are heard before his throne :
The race must come before the prize.
The cross before the crown.

387 L. M. GABKM.L.

^l^tuM on.

PBESS on, press on ! ye sons of light,
Untiring in your holy fight.
Still treading each temptation down,
And battling for a brighter crown.

GHBI8TIAN VIRTUES AKD LIFE. 259

2 Press on, press on I through toil and woe,
With cabn resolve, to triumph go,

And make each dark and threatening ill
Yield but a higher glory still.

3 Press on, press on I still look in fidth
To him who vanquished sin and death ;

Then shall ye hear God's word, «^ Well donel^
True to the last, press on, press on I

388 0. M. H. K. Whim.

8)t dtfstf^n*! Contest, IBlest, artb Moye.

f I ^UJtCOUGH sorrow's night and daager^s way,
X Amid the deepening gloom,
The soldiers of an injured King
Are marching to the tomb.

2 Their service done, securely laid
In this their last retreat.
Unheeded o'er their silent dust
The storms of life shall beat.

d Yet not thus lifeless in the grave
The vital spark shall lie ;
O'er nature's ruins it shall rise, .
To reach its kindred sky.

4 Then heaven's soft dew o'er every eye
Shall shed its mildest rays ;
And the long silent dust shall wake
In strains of endless praise.

860 MAN.

389 0. M. Watts-

Mia soldier of the cross,
A follower of the Lamb,
And shall I fear to own his cause,
Or blush to speak his name?

A'

2 Must I be carried to the skies

On flowery beds of ease,
Whilst others fought to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas?

3 Sure I must fight, if I would reign ;

Increase my courage. Lord :
1 11 bear the toil, endure the pain.
Supported by thy word.

4 Thy saints, in all this glorious war,

Shall conquer though they 're slain :
They view the triumph from afar,
And soon with Christ shall reign.

5 When that illustrious day shall rise,

And all thy armies shine
In robes of victory through the skies,
The glory shall be thine.

390 ^ ^ HONTGOMBBT.

Cr)e €t)cf8tran Warrfot.

nnHE Christian warrior, see him stand
X In the whole armor of his Grod ;
The spirit's sword is in his hand ;
His feet are with the gospel shod ;

0HBI8TIAK YIBTinCS AND LIFE* 261

2 In panoply of truth oomplete,

Salyation's helmet on his head,
With righteousness a breastphite meet,
And fiuth's broad shield before him spread.

3 With this, omnipotence he moves ;

From this the alien armies flee ;
Till more than conqueror he proves.
Through Christ, who gives him victoij.

4 Thus strong in his Bedeemer's strength.

Sin, death, and hell he tramples down, —
Ughts the good fight ; and takes at lengdi.
Through mercy, an immortal crown.

391 9&8M. Abthitb Hugh Glouoh.

9(e dtritjiaU.

^AY not, the struggle nought avaHetfa,
The labor and the wounds are vain.
The enemy feints not nor faileth.

And as things have been they remain.

s^

2 If hopes were dupes,fear8 may be liars ;

It may be, in yon smoke concealed.

Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers,

And, but for you, possess the field.

3 For while the tired waves, vainly breaking.

Seem here no painful inch to gain.
Far back, through creeks, and i^ets making,
Ciomes silent, flooding in, the main.

4 And not by eastern windows only.

When daylight comes, comes in the light.

S62

In front, the sun dimbe alow, how alowlj.
But westwaxdy look, the la^d is bright.

39j2 8 & 6*8 p. H. Whittisb.

TTTIE shape ourselves the joy or fear

T T Of which the coming life is made.
And fill our future's atmosphere
With sunshine or with shade.

2 The tissue of the life to be

We weave with colors all our own.
And in the field of destiny
We reap as we have sown.

8 Still shall the soul around it call

The shadows which it gathered here.
And painted on the eternal wall
The past shall reappear.

4 Ah, yes ; we live our life again ;

Or wamily touched or coldly dim.
The pictures of the past remain ;
Mm^s works shall follow him.

393 p. M. Whittibu

3Batiie«t life.

HAST thou, 'midst life's empty noises.
Heard the solemn steps of time,
And the low mysterious voices
Of another clime ?

GHBISTIAK ViUTl/ES AND LIFE. 263

2 Early hatblife's mighty question

Thrilled within thy heart of youth.
With a deep and strong beseedhing, — -
What, and whei^, is troth?

3 Not to ease and aimless quiet

Doth the inward answer tend;
But to works of love and duty,
As our being's end.

4 Earnest toil and strong endeavor

Of a spirit which within
Wrestles with familiar evil
And besetting sin, —

5 And without, with tireless vigor.

Steady heart, and purpose strong,
In the power of truth assaileth
Every form of wrong.

2Q4f ^ ^ STEBUHCk

C^rffftfan SQo^e anti ISctroii.

STELXi hope I still act I Be sure that life,
The source and strength of every good.
Wastes down in feeling's empty strife,
And dies in dreaming's sickly mood.

2 To toil, in tasks however mean.

For all we know of right and true ;
In this alone our worth is seen ;
T is this we were ordained to do.

264 KAK.

395 ^* ^ LoNs. Inquirbs.

IBncouragement to C(r(0tf«ii StTort.

SCORN not the slightest word or deed,
Nor deem it void of power ;
There's fruil in es^^h wind-wafted seed.
Waiting its natal hour.

8 A whispered word may touch the heart.
And call it back to life ;
A look of love bid sin depart.
And still miholy strife.

8 No act falls froitless ; none can tell
How vast its power may be ;
Nor what results enfolded dwell
Within it silently.

4 Work, and despair not ; bring thy mite,
Nor care how small it be ;
Grod is with all that love the right,
The holy, true, and free«

39g S. M. MONTOOMBBT.

ISctrbe Sifoct to )io 0roo)i.

SOW in the mom thy seed,
At eve hold not thy hand ;
To doubt and fear give thou no heed.
Broadcast it o'er the land ;

2 And duly shall appear,

In verdure, beauty, strength.
The tender blade, the stalk, the ear.
And the full corn at length.

CHRISTIAN VIBTUE8 AND LIFE. 265

3 Thou canst not toS in vain ;

Cold, heat, and moist, and drj,
Shall foster and mature the grain
For gamers in the sky.

397 L.M. Wawb..

382 tfteCr J^mfts jit sftsU itnoto tftem.'

TIAHEN Jesus, our great Master, came
T T To teach us in his Father's name.
In every act, in every thought.
He lived the precepts which he taught.

2 So let our lipe and lives express
The holy gospel we profess ;

So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.

3 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honors of our Saviour, God,
When the salvation reigns witliin,
And grace subdues the power of sin.

39g a H. Tbbnoh.

0r(bCiig anil 3Blete(b(nfl.

MAKE channels for the streams of love.
Where they may broadly run ;
And love has overflowing streams
To fill them every one.

2 But if at any time we cease
Such ohannels to provide,
The very fount of love for us
Will soon be parched and dried.

266 HAN.

8 For we must share, if we would keep.
That blessing from above ;
Censing to give, we cease to have ; —
Such is the law of love.

399 9&4'sM. BowKiNA

S)e Sffrft flfbet^ life.

TIS not the gift, but 't is the spirit
With which 'tis given,
That on the gift confers a merit.
As seen by Heaven.

2 T is not the prayer, however boldly
It strikes the ear ;
It mounts in vain, it falls but coldly,
If not sincere.

8 T is not the deeds the loudest lauded
That brightest shine ;
There's many a virtue unapplauded,
And yet divine.

4 'T is not the word that sounds the sweetest

That's soonest heard;
A sigh when humbled thou retreatest.
May be preferred.

5 The outward show may be delusive,

A cheating name ;
The inner spirit is conclusive
Of worth or shame.

CHBI8XIAN YIBTUE8 AND UFE. 267

^0 ^ ^'° ^ Anohtmocts.

€|tf0t(8ii Setsebrrancf.

BE firm and be faithful ; desert not the right ;
The brave become bolder the darker the
night I
Tlien np and be doing, though cowards may fidl ;
Thy dntj pursuing, dare all and prevail I

2 If scorn be thjr portion, if hatred and loss.
If stripes or a prison, remember the cross I
(rod watches above thee, and he will requite ;
Desert those that love thee, but never the right I

J^\ I^ ^ LONOf KLLOW.

Stqui.
TE have not wings — we cannot soar—

w

But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees — by more and more—
The cloudy summits of our time.

2 The heights by great men reached and kept

Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night.

3 Standing on what too long we bore,

With shoulders bent and downcast eyes,
We may discern — unseen before —
A path to higher destinies.

4 Nor deem the irrevocable past

As wholly wasted — wholly vain —
If,ri8ing on its wrecks, at last,
To something nobler we attain.

268 MAN.

jj^2 7 & 6*8 U. 0. H. TOWHBXICD.

Oraftl

WAITl for the day ifl breaking,
Though the dull night be long :
Wait I God is not forsaking

Thj heart. Be strong — be strong I

S Wait I and the clouds of sorrow
Shall melt in gentle showers,
And hues from heaven shall borrow.
As they fidl amidst the flowers.

8 Wait I 'tis the key to pleasure
And to the plan of GK)d ;
O, tarry thou his leisure,
Thy soul shall bear no load.

4 Wait I for the time is hasting
When life shall be made clear,
And all who know heart wasting
Shall feel that God is dear.

403 8. H. M.

SlxeUence of Jf aft).

FAITH is the polar star
That guides the Christian's way.
Directs his wanderings fit>m afiur

To realms of endless day :
It points the course where'er he roam.
And safely leads the pilgrim home*

2 Faith is the rainbow's form

Hung on the brow of heaven.

CHBISTIAN VIRX0ES AND LIFE. 269

The gloiy of the pasaiog etorniy

The pledge of mercj given ;
It is a bright, triumphal arch,
Through which the saints to glory mardi.

404 ^ ^ Wastu.

ore raalft %s i^aftt.

TIS by the faith of joys to come
We walk through deserts dark as night ;
Till we arrive at heaven, our home.
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.

2 The want of sight she well supplies :

She makes the pearly gates appear ;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal glories near.

3 Oieerful we tread the desert through,

While faith inspires a heavenly ray,

Though lions roar, and tempests blow.

And rocks and dangers fill the way.

4 So Abraham, by divine command,

Left his own house to walk with Qod ;
His faith beheld the promised land,
And fired his zeal along the road.

405 ^* ^ ^^™ ^0^

Vva^er tot #artt.

^ FOR a faith that will not shrink.
Though pressed by every foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe I

0

S70 HAN.

2 That w31 not murmur nor complain

Beneath the chastening rod,

But, in the hour of grief or pain,

Will lean upon its God ; —

8 A ftdth that shines more bright and dear
When tempests rage without ;
That when in danger knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt.

4 Lord, give us such a faithas this.
And then whate'er may come,
We 11 taste, e'en here, the hallowed bliss
Of our eternal home.

4f06 ^' ^ SalisbubtOoll.

Sj[»e 9otDtr of #a(t(.

FAITH adds new charms to earthlj bliss.
And saves us from its snares ;
Its aid in every duty brings,
And softens all our cares.

2 The wounded conscience knows its power
The healing balm to give :
That balm the saddest heart can cheer.
And make the dying live.

8 Wide it unveils celestial worlds.
Where deathless pleasures reign,
And bids us seek our portion there.
Nor bids us seek in vain.

4 On that bright prospect may we rest
Till this frail body dies ;

GHBISTIAN yiBTUES AND LIFE. 271

And then, on faith's triumphant wings.
To endless glory rise.

^Qy L. M. MONTCIOMBBT.

Zit CCj|»t(st(sn 0rtatnr.

FAITH, hope, and charity, these three ;
Yet is the greatest charity ;
Father of lights, these gifts impart
To mine and every human heart.

2 Faith, that in prayer can never fail ;
Hope, that o'er doubting must prevail ;
And charity, whose name above.
Is God' 8 own name, for God is love.

8 The morning star ia lost in light,
Faith vanishes at perfect sight ;
The rainbow passes with the storm,
And hope witfi sorrow's fading form.

4 But charity, serene, sublime,
Beyond the reach of death and time,
Like the blue sky's all-bounding space,
Holds heaven and earth in its embrace.

403 L. M. Watt&

0U tjbfnjpi Tafn toftf^out l4)t>e.

HAD I the tongues of Greeks and Je¥r8,
And nobler speech than angels use.
If love be absent, I am found
Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.

272 MAS.

2 Were I inspired to preach and tell
All that is done in heaven and hell ;
Or, could my faith the world remoye.
Still I am nothing without love.

8 Should I distribute all my store,
To feed the cravings of the poor ;
Or give my body to the flame.
To gain a martyr's glorious name ;

4 If love to God and love to men
Be absent, all my hopes are vain ;
Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal.
The works of love can e'er fulfil-

409 0. M. WATm

Ste Importance atiDr influence of l4ib».

HAPPY the heart where graces reign.
Where love inspires the breast :
Love is the brightest of the train
And strengthens all the rest.

2 Ejnowledge, alas I 't is all in vain,
And all in vain our fear :
Our stubborn sins will fight and reign.
If love be absent there.

8 This is the grace that lives and sings,
When faith and hope shall cease ;
Tis this shall strike our jojrful strings
In brightest realms of bliss.

GHBISTIAN VmTUES AND LIFE. 273

410 ^- ^ yfAm

MaU to 0ro)r anil ont )f ef0i!M»r.

rpHUS soith the first, the great cotmnand,
-L ** Let all thy inward powers uoito
To love thy Maker and thy God,
With sacred fervor and delight,

2 ^* Then shall thy neighbor next in {^kuse
Share thine affections and esteem ;
And let thy kindness to thyself
Define and rule thy love to him.''

G<

422 7*8 IL Wfl8UT*S Goiii.

#ot ttrot^erls Mjilin.

lOD of love, we look to thee,
Let us in thy Son agree ;
Show to us the Prince of Peace ;
Bid our jars forever cease.
By thy reconciling love,
Every stumbling-block remove ;
Each to each unite, endear.
Come, and spread thy banner here.

2 Make us of one heart and mind.
Courteous, pitiful, and kind ;
Lowly, meek, in thought and word,
Altogether like our Lord.
Let us for each other care ;
Each the other^s burden bear ;
To thy church the pattern give ;
Show how true believers live.

274 MAN.

^}2 ^ ^ Hbtbooibt Oouu

HELP us to help eax^h other. Lord,
Eadi other's cross to bear ;
Let each his friendly aid afford,
And feel his brother's care.

2 Help us to build each other up,
Our little stock improve ;
Increase our faith, confirm our hope.
And perfect us in love.

8 Up into thee, our living Head,
Let us in all things grow,
Till thou hast made us free indeed.
And spotless here below.

ir

4J3 ^ ^ MONTGOMBRY.

Urotfietljp 2,obe. 9». t];%TpilL

^OW beautiful the sight
Of brethren who agree
Li fiiendsliip to unite
And bonds of charity I
T is like the precious ointment shed
O'er all his robes from Aaron's head.

Tis like the dews that fill

The cup of Herraon's flowers ;
Or Zion'e fruitful hill.

Bright with the drops of showers ;
When mingling odors breathe around,
And glory rests on all the ground.

CHRISTIAN VIRTUES AND LIFE. 275

3 For there the Lord commands
Blessings, a boundless store,
From his misparing hands,
Yea, life for evermore.
Thrice happy they that meet above,
To spend eternity in love I

414 L. M. WHiTTxnu

JXettjf an)r not i&acY(ffce.

THOU, at whose rebuke the grave
Back to warm life the sleeper gave.
Who, waking, saw with joy, above,
A brother^s face of tenderest love ; —

o

2 Thou, unto whom the blind and lame,
The sorrowing and the sin-«ick came ;
The burden of thy holy faith,

Was love and life, not hate and death.

3 O, once again thy healing lay

On the blind eyes which know thee not»
And let the light of thy pure day
Shine in upon the darkened thought I

4 O, touch the hearts of men, and show
The power which in forbearance lies ;
And let them learn that mercy now

Is better than old sacrifice.

415 ^' ^ ^^ Babbauls.

•«3Slesse^ ate tf^e illl:Tcfria.'*

B

LEST is the man whose softening heart
Feels all another's pain ;

276 HAK.

To whom the supplicating eye
Was never raised in vain : —

S Whose breast expands with generous warmth
A stranger's woes to feel ;
And bleeds in pity o'er the wound
He wants the power to heal.

8 To gentle offices of love
His feet are never slow ;
He views, through mercy's melting eye,
A brotlier in a foe.

4 Peace from the bosom of his God
The Saviour's grace shall give ;
And when he kneels before tibe throne,
His trembling soul shall live.

416 L. M. SOOTT.

Ste WltBslnfi of itteeftimrs.

HAPPY the meek, whose gentle breast
Clear as the summer's evening ray.
Calm as the regions of the blest,

Enjoys on earth celestial day. !

2 His heart no broken friendships sting,

No storms his peaceful tent invade ;
He rests beneath th' Almighty wing,
Hostile to none, of none afraid.

3 Spirit of grace, all meek and mild.

Inspire our breasts, our souls possess ;
Bepel each passion rude and wild,
And bless us as we aim to bless.

CHRISTIAN VIBTUES AND LIFE. 277

4i[!7 Li H. 6 1. MONTOOMXBT.

feumlUts.

^T^HE bird that soars on tiighest wing,
X Builds on the ground her lowly nest :
And she that doth most sweetly sing

Sings in the shade when all things rest : — ,
In lark and nightingale we see
What honor hath humilily.

2 When Mary chose the better part,

She meekly sat at Jesus' feet ;
And Lydia's gently opened heart

Was made for God's own temple meet : —
Fairest and best adorned is she,
Whose dothing is humility.

3 The saint that wears heaven's brightest crown.

In deepest adoration bends ;
The weight of glory bows him down,

Then most, when most his soul ascends ;
Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

^^g C. M. LoaAN.

HAPPY is the man who hears
Instruction's warning voice ;
And who celestial wisdom makes
His early, only choice.

o

2 Her treasures are of more esteem
Than east or west unfold ;
And her rewards more precious are
Than all their mines of gold.

278 HAN.

3 In her right hand she holds to view

A length of happ7 days ;
Riches with splen^d honors joined,
Her left hand full displays

4 She guides the young with innocence

In pleasure's path to tread ;
A crown of glory she bestows
Upon the hoary head.

5 According as her labors rise.

So her re¥rards increase :
Her ways are ways of pleasantnesSf
And all her pa^hs are peace.

419 L. M. Sir H. Wottok.

Site Xntkepentkent anH l^n^ps f^^tu
^OW happy 18 he bom or taught
Who 8er\'eth not another's will I
Whose armor is his honest thought,
And simple truth his highest skill.

H'

2 Whose passions not his masters are ;

Whose soul is still prepared for death ;
Not tied unto the world with care
Of prince's ear or vulgar breath ;

8 Who God doth late and early pray

More of his grace than goods to lend.
And walks with man from day to day,
As with a brother and a friend.

4 This man is freed from servile bands
Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ;

GHBI8TIAN VIRTUES AND LIFE. 279

Lord of himself, though not of lands,
And having nothing, yet hath all.

4^0 ^ ^* FKOTHINGHAlii

Atccnflt)*

« TTTHEN I am weak, I *m strong,**

▼ T The great apostle cried ;
What did not to the earth belong,
llie might of heaven supplied.

2 ** When I am weakj'm strong,**
Each Christian heart repeats.
To tune its feeblest breath to song.
And fire its languid beats.

8 O, holy strength ! whose ground
Is in the heavenly land ;
Supporting help alone is found
In God's immortal hand.

4 O, blessed I that appears

When fleshly aids are spent,
And girds the mind, when most it fears.
With trust and sweet content.

421 10 & 11*8 M. W. a HiTBLiraT.

AtrengtD In Ofealtnemi.
"TTTE will not weep ; for God is standing by

And tears will blind us to the blessed sight ;
We will not doubt, if darkness still doth try us.
Our souls have promise of serenest light.

280 MAK.

2 We will not fiiint ; if heavy burdois bind ua,
Thej press no harder than our souls can bear ;
The thorniest way is lying still behind us ;
We shall be braver for the past despair.

8 O not in doubt shall be our journey's ending.
Sin with its fears shall leave us at the last ;
All its blest hopes in glad fiilfilment blending,
Life shall be with us when the death is past*

4 Help us, O Father I when the world is pressing
On our frail hearts that faint without their
friend ;
Help us, O Father ! let thy constant blessing
Strengthen our weakness, till the joyous end.

422 8- M- SOOTT.

9rfbate 9tt)rgment anlv glccottntaUUtf.

IMPOSTURE slmnks from light.
And dreads the curious eye ;
But sacred truths the test invite,
They bid us search and tiy.

2 With understanding blest, ^

Created to be free,
Our faith on man we dare not rest.
Subject to none but thee.

8 Lord, give the light we need ;

Our minds with knowledge fill ;
From noxious error guard our creed,
From prejudice our will.

CHRISTIAN YIBTUES AND LIIE. 281

4 The trath thoa shalt impart.
May we with firmness own ;
Abhorring each evasive art.
And fearing thee alone.

423 ^' ^ Amohtxoub.

CtatCtalile Jluligmeiit*

OMNISCIENT God, 'tis thine to know
The springs whence wrong opinions flow ;
To judge from principles within
When frailtj errs, and when we sin.

2 Who with another's eye can read,
Or worship by another's creed?
Severing thy conunand alone.
We humbly seek and use our own.

3 If wrong, forgive ; accept, if right,
Whilst,faithiul, we obey our light ;
And,judging none, are zealous still
To foUow as to learn thy will.

4 When shall our happy eyes behold
Thy people fashioned in thy mould?
And oJiarity our kindred prove
Derived from thee, O Grod of love.

424 ^ ^' DODDMDOa.

8te perfect 3Lato of %ihttts.

BEHOLD that wise, that perfect law,
Which noblest freedom gives :
O may it all our souls refine.
And sanctify our lives !

282 MAS.

2 Not with a transient glance Biirveyed,

And in an hour forgot,
But deep inscribed on every heart,
To reign o'er every thought.

3 Great Author of each perfect gift I

Thy gracious power display,
That our ungrateful, wandering hearts
May hearken and obey.

425 0- M- ^* S- Lahdoi.
Content*

Vl/Mf, why repine, O pensive friend,
▼ ▼ At pleasures slipped away?
Some the stem fates will never lend,
And all refuse to stay.

2 I see the rainbow in the sky.
The dew upon the grass :
I see them, and I ask not why
They glimmer or they pass.

8 With folded arms I linger not

To call them back ; 'twere vain ;
In this, or in some other spot,
I know they 'U shine again.

426 C. p. M. OOTTOK.

Contentment nrCtt Sleirrgnatfon.

IF solid happiness we prize,
Within our breasts the jewel lies ;
Nor need we roam abroad ;

CHBISTIAN VIBTUES AND LIFE. 283

The world has little to bestow ;
From pious hearts our joys must flow.
Hearts that delight in Grod.

To be resigned when ills betide,
Patient when favors are denied.

And pleased with favors gives ;
This is the wise, the virtuous part ;
This is that incense of the heart,

Whose fragrance reaches heaven*

427 ^' ^ ExxtbbOoll.

8>t Snfiltteiict ot Satftual W^tts*

BLEST is the man who fears the Lord I
His well-established mind.
In every varying scene of life,
Shall true composure find.

2 Oft through the deep and stormy sea

The heavenly footsteps lie ;
But on a glorious world beyond
His faith can fix its eye.

3 Though dark his present prospects be^

And sorrows round him dwell.
Yet hope can whisper to his soul,
That all shall issue well.

4 Full in the presence of his God,

Through every scene he goes ;
And, fearing hipi, no other fear
His steadfast bosom knows.

284 MAK.

428 ^^ O* BOGIBS.

3Eteirgfoii«

RELIGION I in its blessed ray
All thought of hopeless sorrow flies ;
Despair and anguish melt away

Where'er ift healing beams arise.
How darl^our sinful world would be —

A flowerless desert, dry and drear I
Did not this light, O God, from thee, |

Its gloom dispel, its aspect cheer. I

2 Oh ! by it many a heart is soothed.

Which else would be with sorrow eroshed.
And many a dying pillow smoothed,

And sob of parting anguish hushed.
Across the troubled sky of time

It doth the bow of promise bend,
A symbol of that doudless clime

That waits the soul when time shaU end.

8 Beligion ) may its holy light

Our footsteps guide to paths of peace I
Our solace in deep sorrow's night,

Our stay as mortal powers decrease.
With this our guide, we care not when

Death's signal to depart is given ;
Its word shall bring our spirits then

The calm and holy peace of heaven.

429 0. M. Fawcktt.

importance of 9&eUgCbii.

RELIGION is the chief concern
' Of mortals here below ;

GHBISTIAN VIRTUES AND LIFE. 28/1

May I its great importance learn,
Its sovereign virtue know.

2 More needful this than glittering wealth.
Or aught the world bestows ;
Not reputation, food, or health
Can give us such repose.

8 Religion should our thoughts engage
jSumidst our youthful bloom ;
T will fit us for declining age
And for th' approaching tomb*.

4 O may my heart, by grace renewed,
Be my Redeemer's throne ;
And be my stubborn will subdued,
His government to own.

4^0 C- M- Anonymoub,

AlTE wait in faith, in prayer we wait,

▼ ▼ Until the happy hour
When God shall ope the morning gate,
By his almighty power.

2 We wait in faith, and turn our face

To where the daylight springs ;
Till he shall come earth's gloom to chase.
With healing on his wings.

3 And even now, amid the gray,

The east is brightening fast.
And kindling to diat perfect day,
Which never shall be past.

286 HAN.

4 We wait in fiuth, we w^t in prayer,

Till that blest day shall shine,
When earth shall fruits of Eden bear.
And all, O God, be thine I

5 O, guide us tUl our night is done I

Until, from shore to shore.
Thou, Lord, our everlasting sun.
Art shining evermore I

431 CM. IL W. ILkUL

9>t 9tttt AMtt.

WHATEVER dims thy sense of truth.
Or stains thy purity.
Though light as breath of summer air.
Count it as sin to thee.

2 Preserve the tablet of thy thoughts

From every blemish free,
While the Redeemer's lowly £aith
Its temple makes with thee.

3 And pray of God, that grace be given

To tr^ad time's narrow way : —
How dark soever it may be.
It leads to cloudless day.

432 ^ ^ Hartford Sblbo.

9ans Urte (n SroU
COULD I find, from day to day,
A nearness to my God,
Then would my hours glide sweet away,
While leaning on his word.

o

CHBI8TIAN YIBTUES AND LIFE. 287

2 Lord, I desire with thee to liye

Anew from day to day,
In joys the world can never give^
Nor never take away.

3 Blest Jesus, come, and rule my heart,

And make me wholly thine,
That I may never more depart,
Nor grieve thy love divine.

433 ^* ^- ^- ^ SiGOuimnr.

13ct(be |Ketj^«

SERVANTS of Christ,arise,
And gird you for the toil ;
The dew of promise from the skies
Already cheers the soil.

2 Gro where the sick recline.

Where mourning hearts deplore ;
And where the sons of sorrow pine^
Dispense your hallowed lore.

3 Urge, with a tender zeal,

The erring child along.
Where peaceful congregations kneels
And pious teachers throng.

4 Be faith, which looks above.

With prayer, your constant guest.
And wrap the Saviour's changeless love
A mantle round your breast.

5 So shall you share the wealth,

That earth may ne'er despoil,

288 MAN.

And the blest gospel's saving health
Bepaj your arduous toil.

A.'^A 7*8 H. Hbs. HxxAirs.

** X tufll t(at jpften yraj; eberstoievt.''

CHILD, amidst the flowers at play.
While the red light fades away ;
Mother, with thine earnest eye
Ever following silently ;
Father, by the breeze of eve
Called thy duly work to leave ;
Pray I ere yet the dark hours be —
lift the heart and bend the knee !

2 TraveUer, in the stranger's land.
Far from thine own household band ;
Mourner, haunted by the tone

. Of a voice from this world gone ;
Captive, in whose narrow cell
Sunshine hath not leave to dwell ;
Sailor, on the darkening sea —
Lift the heart and, bend the knee I

H'

435 7*8 & B'S M. BOWBIHO.

««Se t^at toalftetf) uprfgl^tli? tualltet) sttteli?.'*
"E who walks in virtue's way.

Firm and fearless, walketh surely ;
Diligent, while yet 't is day,

On he speeds, and spe^ securely.

2 Flowers of peace beneath him grow.
Suns of pleasure brighten o'er him ;
Memory's joys behind him go,

Hope's sweet angels fly before him.

GHRISTIAN YIBTUES AND LIFE. 289

8 Thus he moyes firom stage to stage^
Smiles of earth and heayen attending ;
Softly sinking down in age,

And at last to death descending,

4 Cradled in its quiet deep,

Calm as summer's loveliest even,
He shall sleep the hallowed sleep ;
Sleep that is o'erwatched bj Heaven.

436 ^'« **• °- Wmar
Mff^t t)es also maj U one fn us.*'

LORD, from whom all blessings flow*
Perfecting the church below I
Steadfast may we cleave to thee :
Love the mystic union be.
Join our faithful spirits, join
Each to each, and all to thine :
Lead us throi^h the paths of peace.
On to perfect holiness.

2 Sweetly may we all agree.
Touched with softest sympathy :
There is neither bond nor fi«e.
Great nor servile, Lord, in thee ;
Love, like death, hath all destroyed,
Bendered all distinctions void I
Names, and sects, and parties fall :
Thou, O Christ, art all in all I

437 ^* ^ BULVIKOB.

E^t Sse of present 0|iport«nftfes.

CHHiDREN of light, awake I
At Jesus' call arise,

290 KAN.

Forth with votir leader to partake
His toil, his victories.

2 Ye must not idly stand.

His sacred voice who hear ;
Arm for the strife the feeble hand.
The holj standard rear.

3 Nought doth the world afford,

But toil must be the price ;
Wilt thou not, servant of the Lord,
Then toil for paradise?

4 Awake, ye sons of light I

Strive till the prize be won ;
Far spent already is the night ;
The day comes brightening on.

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES.

438 ^'^ M. 6 1. MORTOOKSBT.

Clie Soul pantfng fbr SroH.

S the hart, with eager looks,
Panteth for the waterbrooks,
So my soul, athirst for thee,
P^nts the living Ood to see ;
When, O when, with filial fear,
Lord, shall I to thee draw near?

2 Why art thou cast down, my soul?
God, thy God, shall make thee whole :
Why art thou disquieted?
God shall lift thy fallen head,

A^

CHBI8TIAN A8PIRATIPN8 AND EXEBCI6ES. S91

And his countenwoe beniga
Be the saving health of tUne.

439 8 & 7*8 W. WSBLITAK.

Eobf SMnt*

LOVE divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down I
Fix in ns thy humble dwelling,

All thy fiuthful mercies crown*
Father I thou art all compasMon,

Pure, unbounded love thou art ;
Visit us with thy salvation.
Enter every lon^g heart.

2 Breathe, O breathe, thy loving spirit

Into every troubled breast ;
Let us all in thee inherit,

Let us find thy promised rest.
C!ome, almighty to deliver,

Let us all thy life receive ;
Graciously come down, and never,

Never more thy temples leave I

44Q 7 & 6*s M. ANONTVOTrg.

3ftf0ficj{ totatliB Seabeti.

RISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace ;
Rise from transitory things,

Towards heaven, thy native place ;
Sun, and moon, and stars decay ;

Time shall soon this earth remove ;
Bise, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepared above.

292 HAN.

2 Rivers to the ocean nm,

Nor stajr in all their course $
Fire ascending, seeks the sun,

Both speed them to their source ;
So a soul that's bom of God,

Pants to view his glorious &oe,
Upward tends to his abode,

To rest in his embrace.

44 J p. M. HooBi.

AS down in the siuless retreats of the ocean,
Sweet flowers are springing no mortal
can see,
So, deep in my soul, the still prayer of devotion.
Unheard by the world, rises, silent, to thee.
My God ! silent, to thee, —
Piure, warm, silent, to thee.

2 As still to the star of its worship, though
clouded,
The needle points faithfully o'er the dim sea.
So, dark ^hen I roam, in this wintry world
shrouded,
The hope of my spirit turns, trembling, to thee,
My Qod I trembling, to thee, —
True, sure, trembling, to thee.

442 f* M. Sarah. F. Adams.

Weartt U SI^m.
T^TEARER, my God, to thee,
-Li Nearer to thee I
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me ;

GHRISTIAN AfiFIRATlOKS AND EXERCISES. 293

Still all my 8CRi^ shall be,
Neareri my God, to thee, —
Nearer to thee I

2 Though like the wanderer,

The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,

My rest a stone ;
Yet in my dreams Fd be »
Nearer, my Grod, to thee, -^

Nearer to thee I

3 There let the way appear.

Steps nnto heaven ;
All that thou sendest me.

In mercy given ;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to thee, —

Nearer to thee !

4 Then with my waking thoughts.

Bright with thy praise.
Out of my stony griefs.

Bethel I ai raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to thee ;

Nearer to thee I

6 Or if on joyful wing,

Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot.

Upward I fly ;
Still, all my song shall be, —
Nearer, my God, to thee,

Nearer to thee I

294 MAK.

AAQ G. IL HONTOOMBBT.

PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire,
Uttered or unexpressed.
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.

2 Fraj^ is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glanci^ of an eje.
When none but (fod is near.

8 Prayer is the simplest form of speech
ThBt in&nt lips can try.
Prayer the sublunest strains that readi
The Majesty on high.

4 Prayer is the Giristian's vital breath.

The Christian's native air,
The watchword at the gates of death ;
He enters heaven with prayer.

5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice.

Returning from his ways ;
While angek in their songs rejoice.
And cry ** Behold he prays I **

444 7 & 6'b M. Edin. Lit. Bevikw.

9tas toCt^out courfnfl.

I O when the morning shineth,
Gro when the noon is bright.
Go when the eve declineth,
Go in the hush of night ;

G'

CHBISTIAN A8FICAT10NS AND EXERCISES. 295

Go with pure mind and feeling,

Cast earthly thought away.
And, in thy doset loieeling.

Do thou in secret pray.

2 Remember all who love thee.

All who are loved by thee ;
Pray, too, for those who hate thee,

If any such there be ;
Then for thyself, in meekness,

A blessing humbly claim.
And blend with each petition

Thy great Bedeemer's name.

3 Or, if *t is e*er denied thee

In solitude to pray,
Should holy thoughts come o'er thee

When friends are round thy wiiy,
E'en then the silent breathing.

Thy spirit raised above.
Will reach his throne of glory.

Where dwells eternal love.

4 O, not a joy or blessing

With this can we compare, —
The grace our Father gave us

To pour our souls in prayer :
Whene'er thou pin'st in sadness.

Before his footstool fall ;
Bemember,in thy gladness,

Ilis love who gave thee all.

296 MAN.

AjI^ Tb M. MnnoDiST Coll

$3 Call to 9vajfet.

THEY who seek the throne of grace
Find that throne in every pUtce ;
If we love a life of prayer,
God is present everywhere.

2 In our sickness, in our health ;
In our want or in our wealth,
If we look to God in prayer,
God is present everywhere.

8 When our earthly comforts fiul.
When the woes of life prevail,
*T is the time for earnest prayer,
God is present everywhere.

4 Then, my soul, in every strait.
To thy Father come and wiut ;
He will answer every prayer,
God is present everywhere.

44g 0. M. Fabsb.

Sfstroctfon fn 9caj^er.

HAD I, dear Lord I no pleasure found
But in the thought of thee ;
Prayer would have come unsought, and been
A truer liberty.

2 Yet thou art oft most present. Lord I
In weak, distracted prayer ;
A sinner out of heart with self,
Most often finds thee there.

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. 297

3 And pntjer that humbles, sets the soul

From all illu«ioxis free ;
Aad teaches it how utterly,
Dear Lord I it hangs ou thee.

4 These surface troubles come and go.

Like rufflings of the sea ;
The deeper depth is out of reach
To ail, mj God, but thee I

A4ry 0. M. AirONTllOITS.

SWEET is the prayer whose holy stream
In earnest pleading flows :
Devotion dwells upon the theme.
And warm and warmer glows.

2 Faith grasps the blessing she desires,

Hope points the upward gaze ;
And love, untrembling love, inspires
The eloquence of praise.

3 But sweeter fiir die still small voice,

Heard by no human ear,
When God hath made the heart rejoioe.
And dried the bitter tear.

4 Nor accents flow, nor words ascend ;

All utterance f kileth there ;
But listening spirits comprehend.
And God accepts the prayer.

298 ICAK.

4f4JQ 0. H. M. AvoHTttoui.

Comet let «s 9v8}.

COME, let us pray : 'tis sweet to fed
That God himself is near :
That, while we at his footstool kneely

His mercy deigns to hear :
Though sorrows cloud life's dfeaiy way,
This is our solace — let us pray.

2 Come, let us pray ; the burning brow.

The heart oppressed with care.
And all the woes that throng us now,

Will be relieved by prayer :
Our God will chase our griefs away;
O, glorious thought ! — come, let us pray.

3 Come, let us pray : the mercynseat

Invites the fervent prayer,
Our heavenly Father waits to greet

The contrite spirit there :
O, loiter not, nor longer stay
From him who loves us ; let us pray.

4j4J9 ^' ^* Anonymous.

**Ettu^ us to 9vs9.**

rpEACH us to pray !
A O Father, we look up to thee.
And this our one request shall be.
Teach us to pray I

2 Teadi us to pray I

A form of words will not suffioe.
The heart must bring its sacrifice :
Teach us to pray I

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. 299

3 TeacL us to pray 1

To whom shall we, tiiy children, turn?
Teach us the lesson we should learn ;
Teach us to pray I

4 Teach us to pray I

To thee alone our hearts look up,
Prayer is our only door of hope,
Teach us to pray I

450 ^- ^ P0P1*8 CJOIL.

FATHER, adored in worlds above I
Thy glorious name be hallowed still ;
Thy kingdom come in truth and love ;
And earth, like heaven, obey thy wiU.

2 Lord, make our daily wants thy care ;

Forgive the sins which we forsake ;
In thy compassion let us share,
As fellow-men of ours partake.

3 Evils beset us every hour, —

Thy kind protection we implore ;
Thine is the kingdom, thine the power,
The glory thine for evermore.

45]^ S. M. MOMTaOMBBT.

|UR heavenly Father, hear
The prayer we offer now ;
Thy name be hallowed far and near;
To thee all nations bow.

O'

800 MAN.

2 Thy kingdom come ; thy will
On earth be done in love,
As saints and seraphim fulfil
Thy perfect law above.

8 Our daily bread supply,

While by thy won! we Kve ;
The guilt of our iniquity
Forgive, as we forgive.

4 From dark temptation's power

Our feeble hearts defend :
Deliver in the evil hour,
And guide us to the end.

5 Thine, then, forever be

Glory and power divine ;
The sceptre, throne, and majesty
Of heaven and earth are tLine.

452 ^^- Wbslbt'sColu

««cr^jp 1Et(ngtiom come.**

FATHER of me and all mankind,
And all the hosts above,
Let every understanding mind
Unite to praise thy love.

2 Thy kingdom come, with power and grace
To every heart of man ;
Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness,
In all our bosoms reign :

8 The righteousness that never ends,
But makes an end of sin ;

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The joj tluCt human thought transcends,
Into our souls bring in :

4 The kingdom of established peace.
Which can no more remove ;
The perfect power of godliness,
Th' omnipotence of love.

453 6's M. H. BoNAB.

rpjtlY way, not mine, O Lord,
X However dark it be !
Lead me hj thine own hand,
Choose out the path for me.

2 The kingdom that I seek

Is thine ; so let the wajr
That leads to it be thine ;
Else I must surely stray.

3 Choose thou for me my fiiends.

My sickness or my health ;
Choose thou my cares for me.
My poverty or wealth.

4 Not mine, not mine the choice.

In things or great or small ;
Be thou my guide, my strength,
My wisdom, and my all I

802 MAN.

A.QA !<• M. DODDRIDGI.

CCj^jf WCU fie tmxu.

fi^iSY will be done ! In devious way
A The hurrying stream of life may run ;
Yet still our grateful hearts shall say,
" Our Falser, may thy will be done,"

2 Thy will be done I If o*er us shine
A glad'ning and a prosperous sim,
This prayer will make it more divine :
" Our Father, may thy will be done.**

8 Thy will be done I Though shrouded o'er
Our path with gloom, all prayers in one
Our soiils before thy throne shall pour,—
" Our Father, let thy will be done."

4 Thy will be done 1 The living way
To thine own kingdom is begun,
Continued, ended, when we pray,
«* Our Father, let thy will be done."

^gg 8 & 4*8 M. Whittimu

CTj^S WCU lie )ione.

TTTE see not, know not : all our way

f T Is night, — with thee alone is day :
From out the torrent's troubled drift,
Above the storm our prayers we lift.
Thy will be done !

2 We take with solemn thankfulness
Our burden up, nor ask it less,

CHRISTIAN ASPIBATIONS AND EXEBGISES. 303

And count it joj that even we
Maj suffer, serve, or wait for thee,
Whose will be done !

3 Strike, thou the Master, we thj keys.
The anthem of the destinies I
The minor of thy loftier strain,
Our hearts shall breathe the old refrain.
Thy will be done 1

456 L ^- ^^^ Soaooi.

0I»e B(tt» Clip.

THY will be done I I will not fear
The fate provided by thy love ;
Though clouds and darkness shroud me here,
I know diat all is bright above.

2 The stars of heaven are shining on.

Though these frail eyes are dimmed with tears ;
And though the hopes of earth be gone,
Yet are not ours the immortal years?

3 Father I forgive the heart that clings,

Thus tremblmg, to the things of time ;
And bid the soul, on angel wings.
Ascend into a purer clime.

457 7 & 6'8 M. OORDIB.

Crlbe u» OUT SaCIs SSteali.
I AY by day the manna fell :
O, to learn tliis lesson well I
Still by constant mercy fed.
Give us, Lord, our daily bread.

D^

304 MAN.

2 ^^ Daj by daj " the promise reads ;
Daily strength for d^y needs ;
Cast foreboding fears away ;
Take the manna of to-day I

8 Lord, our times are in thy hand ;
All our sanguine hopes have planned ;
To thy wisdom we resign,
And would mould our wills to thine.

4 Thou our daily task shalt give ;
Day by day to thee we give ;
So shall added years fulfil
Not our own, our Father's will.

458 0. M. Popi

9ta|fet tor 9(bCiu 6rnnianct.

FATHER of all I whose cares extend
To earth's remotest shore.
Through every age let praise ascend,
And every clime adore.

2 Mean though I am, not wholly so.

Since quickened by thy breath ;
Lord, lead me wheresoe'er I go.
Through this day's life or death.

3 Teach me to feel another's woe»

To hide the fault I see ;''

That mercy I to others show,

That mercy show to me.

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. 305

4 If I am righty thy grace impart

Stni in the right, to stay ;
If I am wrong, O teach my heart
To find that better way.

5 What conscienoe dictates to be doney

Or warns me not to do.
This teach me more than hell to shun,
That more than heaven pursue.

459 ll's & 5'8 M. BowBure.

Snirne 9otg(bene0«.

FuOM the recesses of a lowly spirit,
Our humble prayer ascends; O Father I
hear it,
Upsoaring on the wiQgs of love and meekness ;
Forgive its weakness I

2 We see thy hand ; it leads us, it supports us ;
We hear tiy voice ; it counsels and it courts us ;
And then we turn away ; and still thy kindness

Forgives our blindness.

3 O how long-suffering. Lord I but thou delightest
To win with love the wandering; thou in-

vitest,
By smiles of mercy, not by frowns or terrors,
Man from lus errors.

4 Father and Saviour! plant within each bosom
The seeds of holiness, and bid them blossom

In fragrance and in beauty bright and vernal,
And spring eternal.

306 MAN.

460 7*8 M. 0. T. Bboou

ClivrstUn Aobe.

LOVE all creatures in his name
From whose love all being camey
And through life and nature traoe
Everywhere his will and grace.

2 Then, my heart, thy peace shall be
Like a stream that, full and firee,
Nourished by the heavenly wells,
On toward heaven's broad ocean sweUs.

451 C. M. BBTAirt

IDfbdie 0ni rmplore)!.

GOD I whose dread and dazzling brow
Love never yet forsook,
On those who seek thy presence now,
Li deep compassion look.

0

2 For many a frail and erring heart
Is in thy holy sight,
And feet too willing to depart
From the plain way of right.

8 Yet pleased the humble prayer to hear,
And kind to all that live ;
Thou, when thou seest the contrite tear,
Art ready to forgive.

4 Lord ! aid us with thy heavenly grace.
Our truest bliss to find ;
Nor sternly judge oiu* erring race,
So feeble, and so blind.

CHRISTIAN ASPIOATIONS AND EXERCISES. 307
462 ^ ^- MONTGOMSBT.

^or 6rtatefttl Subrntosloii.

ONE prayer I have, — all prayers in one, —
When I am wholly thine ;
" Thy will, my God, thy will be done.
And let that will be mine."

2 May I remember that to thee

Whatever I have I owe ;
And back in gratitude from me
May all thy bounties flow.

3 Thy gifts are only then enjoyed.

When used as talents lent ;
Those talents only well employed.
When in thy service spent.

4 And though thy wisdom takes away,

Shall I arraign thy will?
No, let me bless thy name, and say,
" The Lord is gracious still. **

463 ^* ^ Mbbbick.

]De|>eitTyence antr Stt'-mfssfon.

AUTHOR of good, to thee we turn.
Thine ever-watchful eye
Alone can all our wants discern.
Thy hand alone supply.

2 0,let thy fear within us dwell,
Thy love our footsteps guide :
That love shall vainer loves expel ;
That fear all fears beside.

308 UAN.

3 And Bince, bj passion's force subdued,

Too oft, with stubborn will,
We blindly shun the latent good,
And grasp the specious ill, —

4 Not what we wi8h, but what we want,

Let mercy still supply ;
The good, unasked, O Father, grant ;
The ill, though asked, deny.

^Q^i Irregular M. Adxlaidb Pbootsi.

I DO not ask, O Lord, that life may be
A pleasant road ;
I do not ask that thou would'st take from me
Aught of its load.

2 I do not ask that flowers should always spring

Beneath my feet ;
I know too well the poison and the sting
Of thmgs too sweet.

3 For one thing only, Lord, dear Lord, I plead.

Lead me aright —
Though strength should falter, and though heart
should bleed —

Through peace to light.

4 I do not ask, O Lord, that thou should'st shed

Full radiance here ;
Give but a ray of peace, that I may tread
Wi^out a fear.

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. 309

5 I do not ask my cross to understand.

My way to see ;
Better in darkness just to feel thy hand
And follow thee.

6 Joy is like restless day ; but peace divine

Like quiet night :
Lead me, O Lord, — till perfect day shall shine
Through peace to light.

465 ^ ^* ^^^ OartwBjjJm

THOU, who hast at thy command
The hearts of all men in thy hand I
Our wayward, erring hearts incline
To have no other will but thine.

0

2 Our wishes, our desires, control ;
Mould every purpose of the soul ;
O'er all may we victorious be

That stands between ourselves and thee«

3 Thrice blest will all our blessings be.
When we can look through them to thee ;
When each glad heart its tribute pays
Of love, and gratitude, and praise.

4 And while we to thy glory live,
May we to thee all glory give.
Until the final summons come.
That calls thy williug servants home.

310 HAN.

466 0- ^ H. H. MlLMAK.

HFJiP us, Lord I each hour of need
Thy heavenly succor give ;
Help us in thought, and word, and deed.
Each hour on earth we live.

o

2 0,help us, when our spirits bleed.

With contrite anguish sore.
And when our hearts arc cold and dead,
O help us. Lord, the more.

3 0,help us through the prayer of faith

More firmly to believe ;
For still the more the servant hoth.
The more shall he receive.

4 0,help us, Father I from on high ;

We know no help but thee ;
O I help us so to live and die,
As thine in heaven to be.

467 7'8 M. Mbrrick.

SntDaT)! 9ttv(tjp.

BLEST Instructor, from thy ways.
Who can tell how oft lie strays?
Purge me from the guilt that lies
Wrapt within my heart's disguise.

2 Let niy tongue, from error free,
Speak the words approved by thee ;
To thine all-observing eyes,
Let my thoughts accepted rise.

GHBI8TIAN ASPIRATIONS AKD EXECGISES. 311

3 While I thus thy name adore,
And thy healing grace implore ;
Blest Redeemer, bow thine ear,
God,%iy strength, propitious hear I

468 ^ ^ CHaiSTUV PSAIMIBT.

Srajet for JBmnt Aelp.

BE with me, Lord, where'er I go ;
Teach me what thou would'st have me do ;
Show me my weakness, — let me see
I have my power, my all from thee.

2 Enrich me always with thy love ;
My kind protection ever prove ;
Thy signet put upon my breast,
And let thy spirit on me rest.

3 Assist and teach me how to pray ;
Incline my nature to obey ;

What thou abhorr'st that let me flee,
And only love what pleases thee.

4 0,may I never do my will,

But thine, and only thine, fulfil ;
Let all my time and all my ways
Be spent and ended to thy praise.

469 L. M. WATTa
9fb(ne JLltt nouti^U

"VTY God, permit me not to be
iW. A stranger to myself and thee ;
Amid a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetfiil of my highest love.

312 HAN.

2 Why should my passiona mix with earth.
And thus debase my heavenly birth ;
Why should I cleave to things I^ow,
And let my Qod, my Saviour, go?

3 Call me away from flesh and sense ;

One sovereign word can draw me thence ;
I would obey the voice divine.
And all inferior joys resign.

4 Be earth, with all her scenes withdrawn ;
Let noise and vanity be gone :

In secret silence of the mind,

My heaven, and there my Grod, I find.

^7^0 ^ ^- ^^^ Waltib Scon^

9VAnt Gumance fniflore^.

WHEN Israel of the Lord beloved.
Out from the land of bondage came,
Her father's God before her moved,
An awful guide in smoke and flame.

By day, along th' astonished lands.

The cloudy pillar glided slow ;
By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands

Betumed the fiery column's glow.

3 Thus present still, though now unseen.

When brightly shines the prosperous day.
Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen.
To temper the deceitful ray I

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. 313

4 Andy O, when gathers, on our path,

In shade and storm, the frequent night.
Be thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath,
A burning and a shming light.

471 a M. OowpjBu

WBsmnu iDft^ ff otr.

^H, for a closer walk with God I
A calm and heavenly frame I
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb I

0'

2 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed I

How sweet their memory still 1
But now I find an aching void
The world can never fill.

3 Betum, O holy Dove, return,

Sweet messenger of rest ;
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.

4 The dearest idol I have known.

Whatever that idol be.
Help me to tear it from thy throne.
And worsliip only thee-

472 ^- ^^' ^ ^ ANONYMOUaL

Inbacatfan of our Jfatlier's Stesence*

0 FATHER, draw us after thee !
So shall we run and never tire j
Thy presence still our comfort be,
Our hope, our joy, our sole desire ;

314 MAN.

Thy spirit grant ; — for neither fear
Nor sin can come, while that is here.

2 From all eternity, with love

Unchangeable, thou hast us viewed ;

Before these beating hearts did move,
Thy tender mercies us pursued :

Ever with us may they abide,

And dose us in on eveiy side.

8 In suffering be thy love our peace.
In weakness be thy love our power ;
And when the storms of life shall cease,

O God I in that important hour,
In death as life be thou our guide,
And bear us through death's whelming tide.

473 7*8 M. TOPLADT.

Sfbfne 3Lr{At Smplotetr.

LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling
Borders on the shades of death I
Eise on us, thyself revealing —

Kise and chase the clouds beneath.
Thou, of heaven and earth Creator 1

In our deepest darkness rise ;
Scatter all the night of nature,
Pour the day upon our eyes.

2 Still we wait for thine appearing ;
Life and joy thy beams impart,
Chasing all our fears, and cheering
Every meek, benighted heart.

0HBI8TIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXEBGISES. 315

By thine all*siifficient merit,

Every burdened soul release ;
Every weary, wandering spirit

Guide into thy perfect peace.

4!74t -^* ^' ANomnioim

Sl^e 3Lrid)t from atobe.

ETEBNAL God, thou light divine,
Fountain of unexhausted love,
O, let thy glories on me shine,

In earth beneath, from heaven above.

2 Thou art the weary wanderer*8 rest.

Give me the easy yoke to bear ;
With steadfast patience arm my breast,
With spotless love and lowly fear.

3 Be thou, O Bock of Ages, nigh I

So shall each murmuring thought be gone.
And grief, and fear, and care shall fly.
As clouds before the midday sun.

4 Speak to my warring passions, "Peace r**

Say to my tremblmg heart, «*Be still ;**
Thy power my strength and fortress is.
For all things serve thy holy will.

475 L. M. 6 1. MOBAVIAK.

Staler tor iSCbrne Jirfe.

LOOSED from my God, and far removed.
Long have I wandered to and fro ;
O'er earth in endless circles roved,
Nor found whereon to rest below ;

516 MAN.

But now, my God, to thee I fly,
For oh ! estranged from thee, I die.

2 Selfish pursuits, and nature's maze,

The things of sense, for thee I leave :
Put forth thy hand, thy hand of grace ;

Into the ark of Love receive ;
Take my poor fluttering soul to rest.
And lodge it, Father, in thy breast.

8 Endow me with my Saviour's peace,
Confirm and keep my longing heart ;

In thee may all my wanderings cease ;
From thee may I no more depart :

Then shall the joy within me prove
The {illness of my Father's love I

J^^Q 0. M. Mkthodist Goll»

TALK with us. Lord, thyself reveal.
While here o'er earth we rove ;
Speak to our hearts, and let us feel
The kindling of thy love.

2 With thee conversing, we forget

All time, and toil, and care :

Labor is rest, and pain is sweet.

If thou, my God, art here.

3 Here, then, my God, vouchsafe to stay,

And bid my heart rejoice ;
My bounding heart shaO. own thy sway,
And echo to thy voice.

GHBISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. ol7

477 ^' ^ Hbrbt Moo^b.

nrsttom nnH VMut nangit from €ro%,

SUPREME and universal Light I
Fountain of reason I Judge of right I
Parent of good I whose blessings flow
On all above, and all below :

2 Assist us, Lord, to act, to be,
What nature and thy laws decree ;
Worthy that intellectual flame,
Which from thy breathing spirit came I

3 May our expanded souls disclaim
The narrow ^dew, the selfish aim ;
But with a Christian zeal embrace
Whatever is friendly to our race.

4 O Father, grace and virtue grant I
No more we wish, no more we want :
To know, to serve thee, and to love»
Is peace below, — is bliss above.

478 ^* ^' MONTOOMBBT.

ALMIGHTY God ! in humble prayer,
To thee our souls we lift ;
I)o thou our waiting minds prepare
For thy most needful gift.

2 We ask not golden streams of wealth,
Along our path to flow ;
We ask not undecaying health,
Nor length of years below.

S18 MAK.

3 We ask not honors, which an hour

May bring and take awaj ;
We ask not pleasure, pomp, and power.
Lest we should go astray.

4 We ask for wisdom ; — Lord, impart

The knowledge how to live ;
A wise and understanding heart
To all before thee give.

5 The young remember thee in youthi

Before the evil days !
The old be guided by thy truth.
In wisdom's pleasant ways 1

479 lO's IL Lytil

C]it(at*s Stesence mufg^U

ABIDE with me 1 Fast falls the eventide.
The darkness deepens — Lord, with me
abide I
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee.
Help of the helpless, O abide with me I

2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day ;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away ;
Change and decay in all around I see ;
O thou who changest not, abide with me I

8 I need thy presence every passing hour :

What but thy grace can foil the tempter^s

power?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide witb

me I

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERaSES. 319

430 ^' ^ Wbbvobh.

Aelp ITDott ms SlnbeUef*

LORD 1 I believe ; thy power I own,
Thy word I would obey ;
I wander eomfortless and lone,
When from thy truth I stray.

2 Lord 1 1 believe ; but gloomy fears

Sometimes bedim my sight ;
I look to thee with prayers and tears,
And cry for strength and light.

3 Lord 1 1 believe ; but oft, I know.

My faith is cold and weak ;
Strengthen my weakness, and bestow
The confidence I seek 1

4 Yes, I believe ; and only thou

Canst give my soul relief;
Lord 1 to thy truth my spirit bow,
Help thou my unbelief!

481 CM. T. H. Gill.

Aerbftifl GoTr.

NOT to fill the mouth of fame
My longing soul is stirred ;
O, give me a diviner name I
Call me thy servant, Lord !

o.

2 No longer would my soul be known
As self-sustained and &ee :
O, not mine own I O, not mine own I
Lord, I belong to thee I

320 MAN.

3 In each aspiring burst of prajer.

Sweet leave my soul would ask
Thine every burden, Lord, to bear.
To do thine eveiy task.

4 In life, in death, on earth, in heaven.

No other name for me 1
The same sweet style and title given
Through all eternity.

432 7*8 M. Hilmah.

LORD, have mercy when we pray.
Strength to seek a better way ;
When our wakening thoughts begin
First to loathe their cherished sin ;
Sigh for death, yet fear it still,
From the dread of future ill ;
When the dim, advancing gloom
Tells us that our hour is come.

2 Lord, have mercy, when we know
First how vain this world below ;
When its darker thoughts oppress.
Doubts perplex, and fears distress ;
When the earliest gleam is given,
Of the bright but distant heaven ;
Then thy fostering grace afford,
Then, O then, have mercy. Lord !

4g3 C. M. XTrwick's Coum

Stajet tat ^vuct fn IT tfal.

FATHER of all our mercies, thou
In whom we move and live,

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. 321

Hear us in heaven, thy dwellingy now.
And answer and forgive*

2 When, harassed by ten thousand foes,

Our helplessness we feel,

0,give the weary soul repose.

The wounded spirit heal.

3 When dire temptations gather round.

And threaten or allure,
By storm or calm, in thee be found
A refuge strong and sure.

4 When age advances, may we grow

In faith, in hope, and love ;
And walk in holmess below,
To holiness above.

4S4t ^ ^' Dbummond.

3artli tofq^ottt WBovts iu Wtuti*

AS body when the soul has fled.
Ad barren trees, decayed and dead.
Is faith ; a hopeless, lifeless thing.
If not of righteous deeds the spring.

2 One cup of healing oil and wine,
One teardrop shed on mercy's shrine,
Is thrice more grateful. Lord, to thee.
Than lifted eye or bended knee.

3 To doers only of tlie word,
Propitious is the righteous Lord ;

He hears their cries, accepts their prayers,
Binds up their wounds, and soothes their cares.

21

322 MAK.

4S5 L. M. Hb& OiLVAic

0UX &nfBititncs of 0i«)«

IS there a lone and dreary hour,
When worldly pleasures lose thdr power?
My Father I let me turn to thee.
And set each thought of darkness firee.

2 Is there a time of racking grief,
Which. scorns the prospect of relief?
My Father I break the cheerless gloom,
And bid kuy heart its calm resume.

8 Is there an hour of peace and joy,
When hope is all my soul's employ?
My Father 1 still my hopes will roam.
Until they rest with thee, their home.

4 The noontide blaze, the midnight scene,
The dawn, or twilight's sweet serene,
Tlie glow of life, the dying hour.
Shall own my Father's grace and power.

4Sg a U. Hawxis, 1792.

«• lorTi, 9Glemembet JVe.**

OTHOU, from whom all goodness flows,
I lift my soul to thee ;
In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes.
Good Lord, remember me.

2 When on my aching, burdened heart
My sins lie heavily.
Thy pardon grant, new peace impart ;
Good Lord, remember me.

CHRISTIAN A6PIIUTIONS AND EXERCISES. 323

3 When trials sore obstruct my way,

And ills I cannot flee,
0,let my strength be as my day ;
Grood Lord, remember me.

4 And when before thy throne I stand.

And lift my soul to thee,
Then, with the saints at thy right hand,
Good liord, remember me.

437 ^ ^ LtbaOats.

9ra(tentfal Stas^t.

HEALTH of the weak, to make them
strong !
Refuge of sinners, and their song 1
Comfort of each afflicted breast 1
Haven of hope in realms of rest 1

2 Lord of the patriarchs gone before 1
Light of the prophets' learned lore I
Deign from thy throne to look on me,
And hear my lowly litany.

3 Lead me, O Spirit, to thy Son,
To taste and feel what he has done ;
To lay me low before his cross.
And reckon all beside as dross ;

4 To speak, and think, and will, and move.
And love, as thou would'st have me love :
O, look upon this bended knee,

And hear my heart's own litany*

324 MAN.

43S Tb M. B. Okant.

Aolmin JUtsnjp.

FATHER, when in dust to thee
Low we bend the adoring knee ;
When, repentant, to the skies
Scarce we lift our weeping eyes ;
O I by all the pains and woe
Suffered by thy Son below,
Bending from thy throne on high,
Hear our solemn Litany I

2 By his helpless infant years.
By his life of want and tears,
By his days of sore distress
In the savage wilderness ;
By the dread mysterious hour
Of the insulting tempter's power ;
Turn, O turn a favoring eye,
Hear our solemn Litany I

8 By his hour of dire despair ;
By his agony of prayer ;
By the cross, the nail, the thorn,
Piercing spear, and torturing scorn ;
By the gloom that veiled the skies
O'er the dreadful sacrifice ;
Listen to our humble cry,
Hear our solemn Litany I

4 By his deep expiring groan ;
By the sad sepulchral stone ;
By the vault, whose dark abode
Held in vain the Son of God ;

CBSISTIAN A8PIRATIOKS AND EXEKOI8E8. 325

B7 the life to heaven restored,
Eeascendcd Light and Lord ;
Father I listen to the cry
Of our solemn Litany I

4S9 G. M. Bowino.

JKoljf filMfCvatfoiui.

pHE Saviour now is gone before
To yon blest realms of light :
O9 thither may our spirits soar,
And wing their upward flight.

rp

2 Lord, make us to those joys aspire^

That spring from love to thee,
That pass the carnal heart's desire.
And faith alone can see.

3 To guide us to thy glories, Lord,

To lift us to the sky,
O, may thy spirit still be poured
Upon us from on high.

49Q 0. M. FBANOisXivm.

8r«e Hobe to ®oti an)i Cl^rfst.

MY God, I love thee, not because
I hope for heaven thereby :
Nor because they who love thee not
Must bum eternally.

2 Not with the hope of gaining aught.
Nor seeking a reward ;
But as thyself hast loved me,
O ever loving Lord 1

326 MAN.

3 E'en so I love thee, and wfll lore,
And in thy praise will sing ;
Solely because thou art my Lord,
And my eternal King.

49X ^- ^ ^ BASTOir.

nraittrng m t>t mrstt.

WALK in the light ! so shalt thou know
That fellowship of love,
Hifl spirit only can bestow.
Who reigns in light above.

2 Walk in the light I and diou shalt find

Thy heart made truly his,
Who dwells in cloudless light enshriAed,
In whom no darkness is.

3 Walk in the light I and thou shalt own

Thy darkness passed away.
Because that light hath on thee shone
In which is perfect day.

4 Walk in the light ! thy path shall be

Peaceftd, serene, and bright ;
For God, by grace, shall dwell in thee,
And God lumself is light.

492 7'8 M. Nmwtoh

TIS a point 1 long to know, —
Oft it causes anxious thought, —
Do I love the Lord or no?
Am I his, or am I not?

GSBI8TIAN A8PIRATIOKS AND EXERCISES. 327

2 If I love, why am I thus?

Why this dull and lifeless frame?
Hardly, sure, can they be worse.
Who have never heard his name.

3 If I pray, or hear, or read,

Sin is mixed with all I do ;
You that love the Lord, indeed,
Tell me, is it thus with you?

4 Yet I mourn my stubborn will.

Find my sin a grief and thrall ;
Should I grieve for what I feel,
Ifl did not love at all?

493 S. IL 0. Wncjnr.

Sill Cf^fngs ffi ^Kttfst*

rpHE soul, by faith reclined
A On the Redeemer's breast,
'Mid raging storms, exults to find
An everlasting rest.

2 Sorrow and fear are gone.

Whene'er thy face appears ;
It stills the sighing orphan's moan,
And dries the widow's tears,

3 It hallows every cross,

It sweetly comforts me ;
It makes me now forget my loss, •
And lose myself in thee.

4 Jesus, to whom I fly.

Will all my wishes fill ;

328 HAK.

What though created streams are dry?
I have the fountain still.

5 Stripped of my earthly friends,
I find them all in one, —
And peace, and joy which never ends,
And heaven, in Christ, begun

494 a M LnA C iXH.

Sftfne Attenfft^ (nbotteDr.

WORSHIP thee, sweet will of God,
And all thy ways adore ;
And every day I live, I long
To love thee more and more.

I

2 He always wins who sides with God,
To him no chance is lost ;
God's will is sweetest to him when
It triumphs at his cost.

8 m, that God blesses, is our good.
And unblest good is ill ;
And all is right that seems most wrong.
If it be his dear will 1

4 Wlien obstacles and trials seem

Like prison-walls to be,
I do the little I can do.
And leave the rest to thee.

5 I have no cares, O blessed will I

For all my cares are thine ;
I live in triumph, Lord I for thou
Hast made tliy triumplis mine.

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. 329

495 G M. B. Baxtxb.
aooMng to Cftrtot*

CHRIST leads me through no darker rooms
Than he went through before ;
He that into God's kingdom comes,
Must enter by the door.

2 Come, Lord, when grace hath made me meet
Thy blessed &ce to see ;
For if thy work on earth be sweet,
What must thy glory be?

8 Then shall I end my sad complaints,
And weary, sinful days.
And join with those triumphant saints.
That sing Jehovah's praise.

4 My knowledge of that life is small,
The eye of faith is dun ;
But 't is enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with him.

496 ^- ^ Addisov.
CSrvatftuHe fot JSfbfne HXevcfes.

^T7HEN all thy mercies, O my God I

▼ ▼ My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view I 'm lost

In wonder, love, and praise.

2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul
Thy tender care bestowed.
Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those comforts flowed.

330 HAN.

3 Ten tliousand thousand precioufl gifts

My daily thanks employ ;
Nor is the least a cheerful heart.
Which tastes those gifts with joy.

4 Through every period of my life

Thy goodness I'll pursue.
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.

497 L. M. Mmx. Outoh.

Soto to leatii o( 6(0li.

[F thou of God wouldst truly learn,
His wisdom, goodness, glory see,
All human arts and knowledge spurn.
Let love alone thy teacher be.

r

2 Love is my master. When it breaks

The morning light, with rising ray,
To thee, O God I my spirit wakes.
And love instructs it all the day.

3 And when the gleams of day retire.

And midnight spreads its dark control.
Love's secret whispers still inspire
Their holy lessons in the soul.

4QS 8 & 4's M. Adelaide P&ootbb.

Stttst*

T^EET not, poor soul : while doubt and fear
X^ Disturb thy breast,

The pitying angels, who can see

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND £X£RCIS£S. 831

How yam thy wild regret must be,
Say, Trust and rest.

2 Plan not, nor scheme, — but calmly wait ;

His choice is best.
While blind and erring is thy sight,
His wisdom sees and judges right.

So trust and rest.

3 Strive not, nor struggle : thy poor mi^

Can never wrest
The meanest thing to serve thy urill ;
All power is his done : be still

And trust and rest.

4 Desire not : self-love is strong

Within thy breast ;
And yet He loves thee better still,
So let him do his loving will,

And trust and rest.

5 What dost thou fear? His wisdom reogns

Supreme confessed ;
His power is infinite : his love
Thy deepest, fondest dreams above ;

So trust and rest.

499 L. M. Alioi Oabt.

I CANNOT plainly see the way.
So dark my path is ; but I know
If 1 do truly work and pray.

Some good will brighten out of woe.

832 MAN.

2 I said I could not see the way,

And yet what need is there to see,
More than to do what good I may,
And trust the great God oyer me?

500 I- ^ <>• ^- HOLMM.

Xj^n of Sttuit.

OLOVE Divine that stooped to share
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear,
On thee we cast each earth-bom care.
We smile at pain while thou art near I

2 Though long the weary way we tread.

And sorrows crowd each lingering year.
No path we shun, no darkness dread,

Our hearts still whispering, thou art near I

8 When drooping pleasure turns to grief.
And trembling faith is changed to fear,
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf,
Shall softly tell us, thou art near !

4 On thee we fling our burdening woe,
O Love Divine, forever dear.
Content to suffer, while we know.
Living and dying, thou art near.

501 lO's M. Mrs. Stows.
««iabnie m i«e.**

rpHAT mystic word of thine, O Sovereign
± Lonil
Is all too pure, too high, too deep for me ;

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. 333

Weary of striving, and with longing faint,
I breathe it back again in prayer to thee.

2 Abide in me, — o'ershadow, by thy love,

Each half-formed purpose and dark thought
of sin;
Quench, ere it rise, each selfish, low desire,
And keep my soul as thine, — calm and
divine*

3 As some rare perfume in a vase of day

Pervades it with a fragrance not its own —
So, when thou dwellest in a mortal soul.
All heaven's own sweetness seems around
it thrown.

4 The soul alone, like a neglected harp.

Grows out of tune, and needs that hand
divine;
Dwell thou within it, tune and touch the chords.
Till every note and string shall answer thine.

5 Abide in me : there have been moments pure.

When I have seen thy face and felt thy
power ;
Then evil lost its grasp, and, passion hushed.
Owned the divine enchantment of the hour.

6 These were but seasons beautiful and rare ;

Abide in me, — and they shall ever be ;
I pray thee now fulfil my earnest prayer,
Come and abide in me, and I in thee.

334 MAJSf.

502 a tt MooBi.

THE bird let loose in Eastern skies,
Betuming fondly home,
Ke*er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies
Where idle warblers roam.

2 But high she shoots through air and light, —
Above all low delay,
Where nothing earthly bounds her flight.
Nor shadow dims her way.

8 So grant me, Grod, from every snare
Of sinful passion free,
Aloft through faith's serener air
To hold my course to thee.

4 No sin to doud, no lure to stay
My soul, as home she springs ;
Thy sunshine on her joyful way.
Thy freedom on her wings.

503 S* ^ ^>^ GUTOH.

8]»e WBuUt of MXU.

I ^^i K fountain in* its source

No drought of summer tears ,
The farther it pursues its course.
The nobler it appears.

nr

2 But shallow cistems yield
A scanty, short supply ;
The morning sees them amply filled, —
At evening they are dry

CHBISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. 335

3 The cisterns I forsake,

O fount of bliss, for thee I
M7 thirst with living waters slake,
And drink eternity.

504 ^ ^* MONTOOMUir.

fuXLoWna 8tt» 0foTr. 9b, Itttl.

OGOD, thou art my God alone ;
Early to thee my soul shall cry,
A pilgrim in a land unknown,
A thirsty land, whose springs are dry.

2 Yet, through this rough and thorny maze*

I follow hard on thee, my Grod ;
Thine hand unseen upholds my ways,
I lean upon thy staff and rod*

3 Thee, in the watches of the night.

When I remember on my bed.
Thy presence makes the darkness light,
Thy guardian wings are round my head.

4 Better than life itself thy love.

Dearer than all beside to me ;
For whom have I in hoaven above.

Or what on earth, compared with thee?

005 I*. M. C. Wbsut.

Snfosment of eixinVn Zobe.

JESUS, thy boundless love to me.
No thought can reach, no tongue dedare.
Unite my thankful heart to thee.
And reign without a rival there.

336 BCAN.

2 Thy love, how cheering is its ray I

All pain before its presence flies ;
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away
Where'er its healing beams arise.

3 O, let thy love my soul inflame.

And to thy service sweetly bind ;
Transfuse it through my inmost frame,
And mould me wholly to thy mind.

4 Thy love, in sufierings, be my peace :

Thy love, in weakness, make me strong ;
And, when the storms of life shall cease,
Thy love shall be in heaven my song.

506 G. M. Mas. Stmui

Stttst fn tf^e Sfbfne WfU.

[Y God, my Father — bllssfiil name —
0,may I call thee mine?
May I with sweet assurance claim
A portion so divine?

w

2 This only can my fears control.

And bid my sorrows fly ;
What harm can evei: reach my soul
Beneath my Father's eye?

3 Whate'er thy providence denies,

I calmly would resign ;
For thou art good, and just, and wise ;
0,bend my will to thine.

4 Whate'er thy sacred will ordains,

Oygive me strength to bear ;

CHBI8TIAN ASPIBATIONS AND EXERCISES. 337

And let me know my Father reigns,
And trust his tender care.

507 ^ ^ D0DDUIMI&

Snurt (11 6ro^.

[OW gentle God's commands I
How kind his precepts are I
<' Come, cast your burdens on the Lord,
And trust his constant care."

H^

2 Beneath his watchful eye

B[is saints securely dwell ;
That hand which bears all nature up,
Shall guard his children well.

3 Why should this anxious load

Press down your weary mind?
Haste to your heavenly Father's throne^
And sweet refreshment find.

4 His goodness stands approved.

Through each succeeding day ;
1 11 drop my burden at his feet,
And bear a song away.

508 ^ ^- ^^ WiLLAlB.

Snt(te Srust.
) OCKED in the cradle of the deep,
I lay me down in peace to sleep ;
Secure I rest upon the wave,
For thou, O Lord, hast power to save.

K

2 I know thou wilt not slight my call,
For thou dost mark the sparrow's fall ;
22

338 HAN.

And calm and peaceful is my deep,
Bocked in the cradle of the deep.

8 And such the tnist that still were mine^
Though stormy winds swept o'er the brine.
Or though the tempest's fiery breath
Boused me &om sleep to wreck and death !

4 In ocean cares still safe with thee,
The germs of immortality ;
And calm and peaceful is my sleep,
Bocked in the cradle of the deep.

509 ^' ^ MoRATIAir.

9&eUance on S^oTr.

GIVE to the winds thy fears ;
Hope, and be undismayed ;
God hears thy sighs, God counts thy tears ;
God shall lift up thy head.

2 Through waves, through clouds, and storms.
He gently clears thy way ;
Wait thou hid time, so shall the night
Soon end in joyous day.

8 He everywhere hath rule.

And all things serve his might ;
HLb every act pure blessing is.
His path unsullied light.

4 Thou seest our weakness. Lord,
Our hearts are known to thee :
O, lift thou up the sinking hand,
Confirm the feeble knee I

CHRISTIAN A8FIRATIOK8 AKD EXEBCISES. 339

5 I^et usyin life or deadi.

Boldly thy truth declare ;
And publish, with our latest breath,
Thy love and guardian care.

510 ^ ^ OlBBOVS.

Aeabenla^ life int.

[OW let our souls on wings sublime,
Bise from the vanities of time,
Draw back the parting veil, and see
The glories of eternity.

N'

2 Bom by a new celestial birth,

Why should we grovel here on eardi?
Why grasp at transitory toys,
So near to heaven's eternal joys?

3 Shall aaght begnile us on the road,
When we are walking back to God?
For strangers into life we come,
And dying is but going home.

511 7'g M. PtiRNisa

Jesus our ZeaDret.

FEEBLE, helpless, how shall I
Learn to live and learn to die?
Who, O God, my guide shall be?
Who shall lead thy child to thee?

2 Blessed Father, gracious One,
Thou hast sent thy holy Son,
He will give the light I need.
He my trembling steps will lead.

840 MAK.

8 Thufl in deed, and thought, and word.
Led bj Jesus Girist the Lordy
In mj weakness, thus shall I
Learn to live and learn to die.

4 Learn to live in peace and love,
Like the perfect ones above ; —
Leam to die without a fear,
Feeling thee, my Father, near.

T

512 8 & 6'b M. O. W. Bktbuhi.

snout, yet not ERonf.

piUfi desert flower afar may bloom,
Where foot of man ne'er trod ;
Yet gratefully its soft perftime

Ascendeth up to God ;
And he vdll own the offering too»
And fill its cup with living dew.

2 Alone may sing the forest bird.

Afar from human ear ;
Yet there he singeth not unheard.

For Grod is listening near ;
And he will cheer the warbler's breast
With pleasant food and quiet rest.

8 Thus, when, before his gracious throne,

With grateful prabe I bend,
I feel I am not all alone.

For God is still my friend ;
And humble though my love may be,
He answereth it with love to me.

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS' AND EXERCISES. 341.

g|13 L.M. 61. GUMAN..

Eit €Wtl of 0iQn.

NONE loved me. Father, with thy love,
None else can meet such needs as mine ;
O, grant me, as thou shalt approve,

All that befits a child of thine ;
From every doubt and fear release.
And give me confidence and peace.

2 Give me a faith shall never fail,

One that shall always work by love ;
And then, whatever foes assail,

They shall but higher courage move
More boldly for the truth to strive,
And more by faith in thee to live ;

3 A heart that, when my days are glad.

May never from thy way dedme,
And when the sky of life grows sad,

]VIay still submit its will to thine, —
A heart that loves to trust in thee,
A patient heart create in me.

514 L. M. T. W. HiaaiHSOH.

S todl atCsf anH go unto wj Matter.
rrX) thine eternal arms, O God,
X Take us, thy erring children, in ;
From dangerous paths too boldly trod,

From wandering thoughts and dreams of sin.

2 Those arms were round onr childish ways,
A guard through helpless years to be ;
O, leave not our maturer days ;
We still are helpless without thee.

842 MAN.

8 We trusted hope, and pride, and strength ;
Our strength proved fidse^ our pride was
vain;
Our dreams have faded all at length ;
We come to thee, O Lord, agsdn.

4 A guide to trembling steps yet be ;

Give us of thme eternal powers ;

So shall our paths all lead to thee,

And life smile on like childhood's hours.

515 ^0 & d'» ^ ^^^ WursLOw.

0j|ii; ttfUM Manffna ?

"TTfyTHY thus longing, thus forever sighing,

T T For the &r-off, the unattained, and dim,
While the beautiful, all round thee lying.
Offers up its low, perpetual hymn.

2 Would'st thou listen to its gentle teaching,
All thy restless yearnings it would still ;
Leaf, and flower, and laden bee are preaching.
Thine own sphere, though humble, first to fill.

8 Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee
Thou no ray of light and joy canst throw ;
If no silken cord of love hath bound thee
To some little world through weal and woe.

4 Not by deeds that win the crowd's applauses,
Not by works that give thee world-renown,
Not by martyrdom or vaunted crosses.

Canst thou win and wear the immortal crown.

CEERI8TIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERCISES. 343

5 Daily straggling, though unloved and lonelj,
Every day a rich reward will give ;
Thou ^t find, by hearty striving only,
And truly loving, thou canst truly live.

516 L M. Bbtant.

Clistf 110 to Savtf^*

EARTH'S children cleave to earth ; her firail,
Decajring children dread decay ;
Yon wreath of mist that leaves the vale.
And lessens in the morning ray, —

2 Look, how by mountain rivulet

It lingers as it upward creeps.
And clings to fern and copsewood set
Along the green and dewy steeps.

3 Yet all in vain — it passes still

From hold to hold, it cannot stay ;
And in the very beams that fill
The world with glory wastes away.

4 Till, parting from the mountain's brow,

It vanishes from human eye.
And that which sprung of earth is now
A portion of the glorious sky.

Mnf 0. M. LONQfBLLOW.

0 Ssalm of 3Uff •
rilELL me not in mournful numbers,
X << Life is but an empty dream 1 **
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

344 MAN.

2 Life is real I Life is earnest I
And the grave is not its goal ;
** Dust thou art, to dust retumest,"
Was not spoken of the soul.

8 Not enjoyment and not sorrow^
Is our destined end or way ;
But to act, that each to-CKNrrow
Find us farther than to-day.

4 Let us then be up and doing.
With a heart for any fate ;
Still achieving, still pursuing.
Learn to labor and to wait.

^\Q 0. M. HtMNS of THl Afll

St mt to »int, 1 Cor. til. 22.

IF God is mine, then present things
And things to come are mine ;
Yea, Christ, his word, and spirit too.
And glory all divine.

2 If he is mine, then from his love
He every trouble sends ;
All things are working for my good.
And bliss his rod attends.

8 If he is mine, let friends forsake,

Let wealth and honor flee ;

Sure he who giveth me himself

Is more tha^ these to me.

CHBI8TIAN A8PIBATIOK8 AND EXERCISES. 345

4 Oy tell me, Lord, that thou art mine I
What can I wish beside?
My soul shall at the fountain live
When all the springs are dried.

519 0. IL Fabib.

fiftScats of Ijibf •
^OD only is the creature's home,
Though long and rough the road ;
Yet nothing less can satisfy
The love that longs for God.

G'

A trusting heart, a yearning eye.
Can win their way aboye ;

If mountains can be moved by faith.
Is there less power in love?

Dole not thy duties out to Grod,

But let thy hand be free :
Look long at Jesus ; his sweet blood.

How was it dealt to thee?

Be docile to thine unseen Guide,
Love him as he loves thee ;

Time and obedience are enough.
And thou a saint shall be I

520 ^ ^* TlHHYBOff.

**Sinn all i» tneU/*

LOVE is and was my Lord and King,
And in his presence I attend
To hear the tidings of my friend.
Which every hour his couriers bring.

346 MAN.

2 Love is and was mj Eling and Lord,
And will be, though as jet I keep
Within his court on earth, and steep
Encompassed by his faithfiil guard,

8 And hear at times a sentinel

Who moves about £rom place to place.
And whispers to the worlds of space
In the deep night, that all is well.

4 And all is well, though faith and form
Be sundered in the night of fear ;
Well roars the storm to those that hear
A deeper voice across the storm.

521 ^'^ ^ ^>^' ^ SooLm.

IMng #a(t^.

"VTE who think the truth y;e sow

X Lost beneath the winter's snow,
Doubt not time's unerring law
Yet shall bring the genial thaw,
Grod in nature ye can trust, —
Is the God of mindless just?

2 Workers on the barren soil.
Yours may seem a thankless toil ;
Sick at heart with hope deferred,
Listen to the cheering word ;
Now the faithful sower grieves ;
Soon he'll bind his golden sheaves.

CHBISTIAN ASPIBATIONS AND EXERCISES. 347

Coninvmce. 3Bp. pfb* 15*

"TTfTHEN we cannot see our way,
▼ ▼ Let us trust and still obey ;
He who bids us forward go,
Cannot fail the way to show.

2 Though the sea be deep and wide,
Though a passage seem denied ;
Fearless let us still proceed.
Since the Lord vouchsafes to lead.

3 Though it seems the gloom of night,
Though we sec no ray of light :
Since the Lord himself is there,

T is not meet that we should fear.

4 Night with him is never night ;
Where he is, there all is light ;
When he calls us, why delay ;
They are happy who obey.

523 8 & 4'8 M. B. 0. Tbbnoh.

3XU*n 0(n8tDer.
KNOW not if the dark or bright
Shall be my lot ;
If that wherein my hopes delight
Be best or not.

I

2 My bark is wafted to the strand
By breath divine :
And on the helm there rests a hand
Other than mine.

348 MAN.

3 One who has known m storms to sail,

I have on board ;
Above the raving of the gale,
I hear the Lord.

4 He holds me when the billows smite —

I shall not fall ;
If sharp, 't is short, if long, 't is light ;
He tempers all.

524 ^' ^- Smart.

FATHER of light 1 conduct my feet
Through life's dark, dangerous road ;
Let each advancing step stlQ bring
Me nearer to my Grod.

2 Let heaven-eyed prudence be my guide ;
And when I go astray,
Hecall my feet firom folly^s path
To wisdom's better way.

8 Teach me in every various scene
To keep my end in sight ;
And while I tread life's mazy track.
Let wisdom guide me right.

4 That heavenly wisdom from above
Abundantly impart ;
And let it guard, and guide, and warm,
And penetrate my heart.

OHBISTIAN ASFISATION8 AND EXERCISES. 349

5 Till it shall lead me to thyself,
Fountain of bliss and love I
And all my darkness be dispersed
In endless light above.

525 C. M. C. Wb8l«t.

Watcl^fttlness.

I WANT a principle within
Of jealous, godly fear ;
A sensibility of sin,
A pain to find it near.

2 I want the first apprioach to fed

Of pride, or fond desire ;
To catch the wandering of my will,
And quench the kindling fire.

3 From thee that I no more may part,

No more thy goodness grieve,
The filial awe, the fleshly heart.
The tender conscience give.

4 Quick as the apple of the eye,

O God, my conscience make I
Awake my soul when sin is nigh,
And keep it still awake.

52g 7's M. C. Wjmubt.

E^t AfmpUclts of €)r(st.

LORD I that I may learn of thee.
Give me true simplicity ;
Wean my soul, and keep it low.
Willing thee alone to know.

350 MAN.

2 Of my boasted wifidom spoiled.
Docile, helpless as a child ;
Only seeing in thy light,
Only walking in thy might.

8 Then infuse the living grace,
Truthful soul of righteousness ;
Knowledge, love divine, impact, •
Ldfe eternal to my heart.

527 C. M. Watts.

M • t(«t Mjn 0«ss toetf >i(vf cteH to kztp t^s Atiitatis.**

THAT the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes still I
O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will I

0

2 O send thy spirit down to write

Thy law upon my heart I
Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.

3 Order my footsteps by thy word,

And make my heart sincere ;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.

4 Make me to walk in thy commands, —

"T is a delightful road ;
Nor let my head, or heart, or hands,
Offend against my God.

GHBISTIAN ASPmATlONS AND EXEBCI8E8. 351

528 ^ ^' Patbiox.

E^e#at)erl]f Ijibe of 6ro>i.

^OD, who 18 just and kind.
Will those who err instruct,
And to the paths of righteousness
Their wandering steps conduct.

G*

2 The humble soul he guides,

Teaches the meek his waj.
Kindness and truth he shows to all
Who his just laws obey.

3 Give me the tender heart

That mixes fear with love.
And lead me through whatever path
Thy vrisdom shall approve.

4 Oh I ever keep my soul

From error, shame, and guilt ;
Nor suffer the &ir hope to fail,
Which on thy truth is built.

529 8 & 7*8 IL Has. Hbmans.

Mi:)e sveatest of tl^est in Clatfts.**

MEEK and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the blessed three,
Turning sadness into gladness,
Heaven-bom art thou, Chari^ I

2 Kty dwelleth in thy bosom,

Kindness reigneth o'er thy heart ;
Gentle thoughts alone can sway thee—
Censure hath in thee no part.

352 MAN.

3 Hoping ever, failing never.

Though deceived, believing still ;
Long abiding, all confiding.
To thy heavenly Father's will.

4 Never weary of welldoing,

Never fearfid of the end ;
Claiming all mankind as brothers,
Thou dost all alike befriend.

530 ^' ^ Wmmtah.

#or Sttrftj of MtutU

FOR a heart to pnuse my God,
A heart from sin set free ;
A heart that always feels how good.
Thou, Lord, hast been to me.

o

2 O for a humble, contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean.
Which neidier life nor death can part
From him who dwells within.

8 A heart in every thought renewed.
And full of love divine.
Perfect, and right, and pure, and good.
Conformed, O Lord, to thine.

531 0. p. M. Wmlby's Coll.

€xut BBTfstiom.

IE it my only wisdom here

To serve the Lord with filial fear,
With loving gratitude ;

B'

CHRISTIAN ASPIRATIONS AND EXERaSES. 853

Superior sense may I display,
By shunning every evil way,
And walking in the good.

2 0,may I still from sin depart I
A wise and understanding heart,

Father, to me be given I
And let me through thy Spirit know
To glorify my God below,

And find my way to heaven.

532 ll'sM- Mrs-Halb.

Eft 1.0r>i*s Sraset.

OUR Father in heaven, we hallow thy name.
May thy kingdom holy on earth be the
samel
Ojgive to us daily our portion of bread ;
It is from thy bounty that all must be fed.

2 Forgive our transgressions, and teach us to

know
That humble compassion which pardons each

foe:
Keep us from temptation, from weakness and

sin,
And thine be the glory forever — Amen.

533 8. M. COWFEE.

IDtptrCtttnct on 6ro1i.

keep the lamp alive.
With oil we fill the bowl ;
Tis water makes the willow thrive.
And grace that feeds the soul.
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rpo

354 KAN.

2 The Lord's unsparing hand
Supplies the living stream ;
It is not at our own command.
But still derived from him.

8 Man's wisdom is to seek

His strength in God alone ;
And e'en an angel would be weak,
TVlio trusted in his own.

4 Retreat beneath his wings,

And in his grace confide ;
This more exalts the King of kings
Than all your works beiside.

5 In Gt>d is all our store,

Grace issues frx>m his throne ;
Whoever says, ** I want no more,"
Confesses he has none.

534 ^- ^ Oowpuu

I^OD moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform ;
He plants his footsteps m the sea.
And rides upon the storm.

G'

2 Ye fearful saints, friesh courage take ;

The clouds ye so much dr^od
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.

3 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense.

But trust him for lus grace ;

PEACE AXD JOT. 855

Behind a frowning proTidenoe
He hides a smiling face.

4 His purposes will ripen fast

Unfolding every hour ;
The bud may have a bitter taste.
But sweet will be the flower*

5 Blind unbelief is sure to err.

And scan his work in vain ;
God is his own interpreter.
And he will make it plain.

PEACE AND JOY.

535 7 & 6's M. Oowpn.

3qS anH 9eace (n lieUeti(ng.

SOMETIMES a %ht surprises
The Christian while he sings.
It is the Lord, who rises

With healing in his wings ;
When comforts are declining,

He grants the soul again
A season of clear shining,
To cheer it after rain.

2 In holy contemplation.

We sweetly then pursue
The theme of God's salvation.

And find it ever new ;
Set free from present sorrow,

We cheerfully can say,
** E'en let the unknown morrow

Bring with it what it may."

356 MAN.

8 It can bring with it nothing,

But he will bear us through ;
Who gives the lilies clothing

Will clothe his people too.
Beneath the spreading heavensi

No creature but is fed ; *

And he who feeds the ravens

Will give his children bread.

4 Though vine, nor fig-tree neither.

Its wonted fruit should bear ;
Though all the field should wither,

Nor flocks nor herds be there ;
Yet God the same abiding,

His praise shall tune my voice ;
For while in him confiding,

I cannot but rejoice.

536 ^ ^ DODDBIDOI.

Cobenant of 0rrace.
"miT GOD 1 the covenant of thy love
JJJL Abides forever sure ;
And in its matcliless grace I feel
My happiness secure.

2 Since thou, the everlasting God,

My Father art become,
Jesus my guardian and my friend.
And heaven my final home ; —

3 I welcome all thy sovereign will.

For all that will is love ;
And when I know not what thou dost,
I wait the light above.

FEAGB AND JOY. 857

4 Thy covenant in the darkest gloom
Shall heavenly rays impart.
And when my eyelids close in death,
Sustain my fainting heart.

537 * L. M. MONTGOMBBT.

9|e &oul retttmlRfl to €Eroli.

RETURN, my soul, imto thy rest,
' From vain pursuits and maddening cares.
From lonely woes that wring thy breast,
The world's allurements, toils, and snares.

2 Betum unto thy rest, my soul.

From all the wanderings of thy thought ;
From sickness unto death made whole ;
Safe through a thousand perils brought*

3 Then to thy rest, my 8oul,retum,

From passions every hour at strife ;
Sin's works, and ways, and wages spurn.
Lay hold upon eternal life.

4 God is thy rest ; — with heart inclined

To keep his word, that word believe;
Christ is thy rest ; — with lowly mind*
His light and easy yoke receive.

538 I'- M. Hamml

VtBce fn aSeUebCng.

^AR from the Lord I wandered long,
Until the Gentle Shepherd came,
And called me to the lowly throng,
Who love his word and own his name.

F

JiSB MAN.

2 Now in that peaceful fold I dwell.
And hear his voice of love divine :
Of for seraphic tongues, to tell
What joys unsp^able axe mine.

8 Within my heart a temple stands, «

And there the Lord of life comes down :
Soon in a house not made with hands
I shall receive my angel-crown.

G^

539 7 & 6*8 M. MoRTGoimr.

I^OD is my strong salvation ;
What foe have I to fear?
In darkness and temptation

My light, my help, is near.
Though hosts encamp around me,

Firm to the fight I stand ;
What terror can confound me
With God at my right hand?

2 Place on the Lord reliance ;

My soul, with courage wait;
"HIb truth be thine afEance,

When faint and desolate ;
His might thy heart shall strengthen ;

His love thy joy increase ;
Mercy thy days shall lengthen ;

The Lord will give thee peace.

540 S- M. WATm

Scabenlj; J05 on Sartft.

COME, ye that love the Lord,
And let your joys be known ;

PEACE AND JOY. S59

Join in a song with sweet aoooid.
And thus surround the throne.

2 The sorrows of the mind

Be banished from the place I
Religion never was designed
To make our pleasures less.

3 The hill of Zion yields

A thousand sacred sweets.
Before we reach the heavenly fields.
Or walk the golden streets.

4 Then let our songs abound,

And every tear be dry ;
We 're marching through Immanuel's ground^
To fairer worlds on high.

541 H. M. Watts.

dafets rn 0roli.

riX) heaven I lift mine eyes ;

JL From Grod is all my aid —

The God who built the skies,
And earth and nature made ;
Grod is the tower to which I fly ;
His grace is nigh in every hour.

2 My feet shall never slide,

And fall in fatal snares,
Since God, my guard and guide,

Defends me fix)m my fears.
Those wakeful eyes, which never sleep.
Shall Israel keep when dangers rise.

360 MAN.

3 No burning heats by day,

No blasts of evening air.
Shall take my health away.

If God be with me there.
Thou art my sun, and thou my shade,
To guard my head by night or noon.

4 Hast thou not pledged thy word

To save my soul from death?
And I can trust my Lord

To keep my mortal breath.
I '11 go and come, nor fear to die,
TUl from on high thou call me home.

g^2 ^- ^ BULflHOH.

««90r not 011V Keavhr tum WWn us?**

HATH not thy heart within thee burned
At evening's calm and holy hour.
As if its inmost depths discerned
The presence of a loftier power?

2 As they who once with Jesus trod,

With kindling breast his accents heard,
But knew not that the Son of God
Was uttering every burning word, —

8 Father of Jesus, thus thy voice

Speaks to our hearts in tones divine ;
Our spirits tremble and rejoice.

But know not that the voice is thine.

4 Still be thy hallowed accents near ;

To doubt and passion whisper peace ;
Direct us on our journey here^

And bid, in heaven, our wanderings cease.

PEACE AND JOT. 361

543 ^ ^- Bbabb'b Ooll.

Qro^*s iKare out Comfort.

^H 1 sweet it is to know, to feel.

In all our gloom, our wanderings here,
No night of sorrow can conceal

Man from thj notice, &om thj care.

0'

2 When disciplined by long distress,

And led through paths of fear and woe.
Say, dost thou love thy children less ?
No ! ever gracious Father, no 1

8 No distance can outreach thine eye,
No night obscure thy endless day ;
Be this my comfort when I sigh.
Be this my safeguard when I stray.

544 ll&lO'sM. Mrs. H. B. Stowb.

Slie Calm of t^e Soul.

WHEN winds are raging o'er the upper
ocean.
And billows wild contend with angry roar,
Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion,
That peaceful stillness reigneth, evermore.

2 Far, far beneath, the noise of tempests dieth,

And silver waves chime ever peacefully.

And no rude storm, how fierce soe'er it flieth,

Disturbs the Sabbath of that deeper sea.

3 So to the heart that knows thy love, O Purest I

There is a temple, sacred evermore,
And all the babble of life's angry voices

Dies in hushed stillness, at its peaceful door.

362 MAN.

4 Far, far away the roar of passion dieth,

And loving thoughts rise cahii and peaceftdly.
And no rude storm, how fierce soe'er it flieth.
Disturbs the soul that dwells, O Lord, in thee.

5 O rest of rests 1 O peace serene, eternal 1

Thou ever livest, and thou changest never ;
And in the secret of thy presence dwelleth
Fulness of joy, forever and forever.

§4*5 ^- ^ Alios Cart

Sf^e Ctue asiest.

EACH fearful storm that o'er us rolls,
Each path of peril trod,
Is but a means whereby our souls
Acquaint themselves with God.

2 Our wants and weakness, shame and sin.

His pitying kindness prove.
And all our lives are folded in
The mystery of liis love.

3 His sun is shining, sure and fast,

O'er all our nights of dread ;
Our darkness by his light, at last,
Shall be interpreted.

546 ^' ^ MONTOOnET.

Clie Crtte 3aest.

O WHERE shall rest be found.
Rest for the weary soul?
T were vain the ocean depths to sound,
Or pierce to either pole :

PEACE AKD JOY. 363

2 The world can never give

The bliss for which we sigh ;
T? is not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.

3 Beyond this vale of tears.

There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years,
And all that life is love.

Q4!7 ^' ^* ^^■' OlTTOM.

Slie 9mn(|»re8ent 9eace of 0roli*

OTHOU, by long experience tried,
Near whom no grief can long abide ; —
My Lord, how full of sweet content
My years of pilgrimage are spent I

2 All scenes alike engaging prove,

To souls impressed with sacred love ;
Where'er they dwell, they dwell in thee.
In heaven, in earth, or on the sea.

3 To them remains nor place nor time ;
Their country is in every clime ;
They can be calm and free from care
On any shore, since God is there.

4 While place we seek, or place we shun.
The soul finds happiness in none ;

But with a God to guide our way,
T is equal joy to go or stay.

364 MAN.

548 a M. c. weblet.

M leieft temariiett.

LORD I we believe a rest remains
To all thy people known :
A rest where pure enjoyment reigns ; —
For thou art served alone : —

2 A rest where all our soul's desire
Is fixed on things above ;
Where fear, and sin and grief expire
Cast out by perfect love.

8 O that we now that rest ^iight know,
Believe and enter in I
Thou Holiest 1 now the power bestow.
And let us cease from sin.

4 Bemove this hardness from our heart,
This unbelief remove :
The rest of perfect faith impart,
The Sabbath of thy love.

549 7*8 M. GSHNIOK.

Oe iKlicfstfan tejofcfnn fit JQope.

CHILDKEN of the Heavenly Kingi
As ye journey, sweetly sing*;
Sing your Saviour's worthy praise,
Glorious in lus works and ways.

2 Te are travelling home to Grod,
In the way the fathers trod ;
They are happy now, and ye
Soon their happiness shall see.

K'

PEACE AND JOT. 365

3 Shout, ye little flock, and blest ;
You on Jesus' throne shall rest ;
There your seat is now prepared,
There your kingdom and reward.

4 Lord, submissive make us go.
Ready, leaving all below ;
Only thou our Leader be,
And we still will follow thee.

550 ® ^ ^'» ^- Grant,
SaefofcCna ffi Knpe of tlie Gflots of Oroti.

'NOW, my soul, thy full salvation;
Rise o'er sin, and fear, and core;
Joy to find in every station

Something still to do or bear ;
Think what spirit dwells within thee ;

Think what Father's smiles are thine ;
Think what Jesus did to win thee ;
Child of heaven,canst thou repine?

2 Haste thee on from grace to glory,

Armed by faith and winged by prayer ;
Heaven's eternal day 's before thee ;

God's own hand shall guide thee there ;
Soon shall close thy earthly mission ;

Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days ;
Hope shall change to glad fiuition,

Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

551 C- ^- Kippoh's Coll.
Veace loftli Qroti.

FATHER I whate'er of earthly blisa
Thy sovereign will denies.

d66 MAN.

Accepted at thj throne of grace,
Let this petition rise : —

2 ** Give me a calm, a thankfiil heart,
From every murmur free ;
The blessings of thy grace impart,
And make me live to thee.

8 ** Let the sweet hope that thou art mine
My life and death attend ;
Thy presence through my journey shine.
And crown my journey's end."

552 ^'^ ^ Ahomymoubl

LET my life be hid in thee,
Life of life, and Light of light I
Love's illimitable sea !

Depth of peace, of power the height I

2 Let my life be hid in thee,
From vexation and annoy ;
Calm in thy tranquillity,

AU my mourning turned to joy.

8 Let my life be hid in thee ;

When my strength and health shall fiiil.
Let thine immortality

Li my dying hour prevail.

4 Let my life be hid in thee ;

In the world, and yet above ;
Hid in thine eternity,
In the ocean of thy love.

0"

FEACi; AND JOY. 367

Ke j^n^ett lifs bclobe) dUey.
^F all the thoughts of God, that are

Borne inward unto souls afar.
Along the Psalmist's music deep —
Now tell me if that any is,
For gift or grace surpassing this,
** He giveth lus beloved sleep"?

2 His dews drop mutely on the hill —
His doud above it saileth still —

Though on its slope men toil and reap ;
More softly than the dew is shed,
Or cloud is floated overhead,

** He giveth his beloved sleep.**

3 And friends, dear friends I When it shaU be,
That this low breath is gone from me —

When round my bier ye come to weep ;
Let one, most loving of you all.
Say, *• Not a tear must o'er Iier fall ; **

*« He giveth lus beloved sleep."

554 ^'^ ^* Bbaumohil

Ct)e Keaben tort|)(n.
S earth's pageant passes by
Let reflection turn thine eye
Inward, and observe thy breast ;
There alone dwells solid rest.

A'

2 That's a close immured tower.
Which can mock all hostile power ;
To thyself a tenant be,
And inhabit safe and free.

868 MAN.

3 Saj not that this house is small,
Girt up in a narrow wall ;

In a cleanly, sober mind,
Heaven itself full room doth find.

4 The infinite Creator can
Dwell in it ; and may not man ?
Here, content, make thy abode
With thyself and with thy God.

^5^ G. M. Anohtmous.

<>ttv Iteaben tortWn.

THERE is a world, — and O, how blest I
Fairer than prophets told ;
And never did an angel guest
One half its peace unfold.

2 Look not abroad, with roving mind,
To seek that fair abode ;
It comes where'er the lowly find
The perfect peace of God.

556 ^- ^* ^^^ Flbtooi

^UR heaven is everywhere.
If we but love the Lord,
Unswerving tread the narrow way.
And ever shun the broad.

0'

2 T is where the trusting heart
Bows meekly to its grief,
Still looking up with earnest faith
For comfort and relief.

PEACE AND JOY. 869

3 Where guileless infancy

In happiness doth dwell,
^nd where the aged one can say,
** He hath done all things well/'

4 Wherever truth abides.

Sweet peace is ever there ;
If we but love and serve the Lord,
Our heaven is everywhere.

557 8 & 7's M. J. a. Adams.

Kesben (ere.

HEAVEN is here. Its hymns of gladness
Cheer the true believer's way,
In this world where sin and sadness
Often change to night our day.

2 Heaven is here ; where misery lightened

Of its heavy load is seen.
Where the face of sorrow brightened
By the deed of love hath been :

3 Where the bound, the poor, despairing,

Are set free, supplied and blest ;
Where, in others' anguish sharing,
We can find our surest rest.

4 Where we heed the voice of duty

Rather than man's praise, or rod ;
This is heaven, — its peace, its beauty,
Radiant with the sinile of God.
24

870 MAN.

DEATH.

668 c. M.

^E ATH IS the fading of a doud.
The breaking of a chain ;
The rending of a mortal shroud
We ne'er shall find again.

D'

2 Death is the conqueror's welcome home ;
The heavenly city's door ;
The entrance of the world to come —
'T is life for evermore.

8 Death is the close of life's alarms, —
The watch-light on the shore ; —
The clasping in immortal arms
Of loved ones gone before.

4 Death is the gaining of a crown

Where saints and angels meet ;
The laying of our burden down
At the Deliverer's feet.

5 Death is the song from seraph lips ; — -

The dayspring from on high ; —
The ending of the soul's eclipse, —
Its transit to the sky.

669 ^'^ ^ MoMTaommT.

#tee^om fn 9eat(.
" OPIRIT, leave thy house of clay ;
O Lingering dust, resign thy breath ;

DEATH. 371

Spirit, cast thy chains away ;

Dust, be thou dissolved in death I "

2 Thus the mighty Saviour speaks,

While the faithful Christian dies ;
Thus the bonds of life he breaks,
And the ransomed captive flies.

3 Prisoner, long detained below.

Prisoner, now with freedom blest,
Welcome from a world of woe ;
Welcome to a land of rest.

QQQ L. M. MONTOOMIBT.

Seat!) anti Hntrance on SmmottaUtj;.
GOD unseen — but not unknown I
Thine eye is ever fixed on me ;
I dwell beneath thy secret throne,
Encompassed by thy deity.

o

2 The moment comes when strength must fail,

When,health and hope and comfort flown,
I must go down into the vale

And shade of death, with thee alone :

3 Alone vrith thee : — in that dread strife.

Uphold me through mine agony.
And gently be this dying life
Exchanged for immortality.

4 Then, when th' unbodied spirit lands

Where flesh and blood have never trod.
And in the unveiled presence stands.
Of thee, my Saviour and my God :

872 MAN.

5 Be mine eternal portion tliis,

Since thou wert always here with me.
That I may view thy face in bliss,
And be for evermore with thee.

561 S. M. . Cn. PSALXODTi

Crte peaceful lilleat^ of tlie Hfflbteotts.

FOR the death of those
Who slumber in the Lord I
O, be like theirs my last repose.
Like theirs my last reward 1

0

2 Their ransomed spirits soar,
On wings of faith and love,
To meet the Saviour they adore.
And rei<rn with him above.

"C>^

8 With us their names shall live
Through long-succeeding years.
Embalmed with all our hearts can give.
Our praises and our tears.

4 O for the death of those

Who slumber in the Lord I

O, be like theirs my last repose.

Like theirs my last reward.

562 I- M. W, J. Fox.

Soio to SLCbe, anti l^oto to 19fe.

pHE sage his cup of hemlock quaffed,
And calmly drained the fatal draught :
Such pledge did Grecian justice give
To one who taught men how to live.

T

DEATH. 373

2 The Giristy in piety assured,
The anguish of his cross endured ;
Such pangs did Jewish bigots try
On him who taught us how to dio.

-o*

8 'Mid prison-walls, the sage could trust
That men would grow more wise and just :
From Calvary's mount, the Christ could see
The dawn of immortality.

4 Who know to live, and know to die,
Their souls are safe, their triumph nigh :
Power may oppress, and priestcraft ban ;
Justice and faith are God in man.

^63 L. H. Habeis.

Ct^flHreii tevne Some hs Biiffels.

*« VI/^lTH roses crown his baby head;

T ▼ Close with a kiss his tender eyes ; .
Strew lilies o'er his cradle bed,
For he shall wake in Paradise."

2 What music fills the silent room ?

O list I the guardian angel sings :

** Our spirit rosebud springs to bloom.

Our spirit-bird unfolds its wings."

3 O mother I look with inward eyes ;

Dear heart I at once bereaved and blest
Behold the infant cherub rise ;
He smiles upon an angel's breast.

374 MAN.

4 Rejoice amid thy sorrow's tears ;
Eejoice, for unto thee 't was given
To swell tlie music of the spheres,
To bear an angel-babe for heaven.

QQ4^ L. M. Mrs. Bahbauld.

Seat!) of t^t Bfflliteous.

SWEET is the scene when virtue dies I
When sinks a righteous soul to rest ;
How mildlj beam the closing eyes.

How gently heaves th' expiring breast I

2 So fades a summer cloud away,

So sinks the gale when storms are o'er,
So gently shuts the eye of day,
So dies a wave along the shore.

8 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears.

Where lights and shades alternate dwell ;
How bright die unchanging mom appears I
Farewell, inconstant world, farewell I

4 Life's duty done, as sinks the clay,
Light from its load the spirit flies ;
While heaven and earth combine to say,

" How blessed the righteous when he dies 1 "

565 L M. Wattb.

C1irf0t*s Srtsmce mattes Seatb easy.

WHY should we start and fear to die?
What timorous worms we mortals are I
Death is the gate of endless joy.
And yet wc dread to enter there.

DEATH. 375

I

2 The pains, the groans, the dying strife, |

Fright our approaching souls away ; i

Still we shrink back again to life,
Fond of our prison and our day.

3 O I if my Lord woidd come and meet,

My soul should stretch her wings in haste.
Fly fearless through death's iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she passed.

4 Jesus can make a dying bed

Feel sofk as downy pillows are,
While on his breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly there.

566 S. M. Ajtoa.

No 8uc|) 0|)fng as Pteatt.

«< rpHERE 's no such thing as death,**
A To those that tliink aright ;

* T is but the racer casting off

What most impedes his flight ;

* T is but one little act,

Life's drama must contain ;
One struggle keener than the rest.
And then an end of pain.

2 ** There 's no such thing as death ;**

In nature nothing dies I
From each soft remnant of decay
. Some forms of life arise.
The faded leaf that falls,

All sere and brown to earth.
Erelong shall mingle with the shapes

That ga\e the flow'ret birth.

376 UAK.

8 " There *8 no such thing as death,**

' T is but the blooming spray,
Sinking before the coming fruit

That seeks the summer's ray :
'T is but the bud displaced.

As comes the perfect flower ;
' T is faith exchanged for sight,

And weariness for power.

567 ^'^ ^ Thomas Hoosw

9Hxt^DtU Iffe! Welcome MXUl

FAREWELL life ! My senses swim,
And the world is growing dim :
Thronging shadows cloud the light.
Like the advent of the night —
Colder, colder, colder still,
Upward steals a vapor chill ;
Strong the earthy odor grows, —
I smell the mould above the rose •

2 Welcome life I the spirit strives I
Strength returns and hope revives ;
Cloudy fears and shapes forlorn
Fly like shadows at the mom ;
O'er the earth there comes a bloom ;
Sunny light for sullen gloom,
Warm perfume for vapor cold —
I smell the rose above the mould I

56S 7 & 6*8 M. G. Halak.

St (8 not Sj^rng.
["O, no, it is not dying
To go unto our God,
The weary earth forsaking,
Our journey homeward taking
Along the starry road.

F

DEATH. 877

2 No, no, it is not djin^

Heaven's citizen to be.
The crown eternal wearing.
And rest unbroken sharing,

From care and conflict free.

3 No, no, it is not dying

To hear the precious word.
Receive a Father's blessing,
Forevermore possessing

The favor of the Lord.

5g9 8 & 7's M. 8. F. Smith.

Wtat^ of a Younjf 0rfrl.

^ISTER, thou wast mild and lovely.
Gentle as the summer breeze.
Pleasant as the air of evening,
When it floats amonsc the trees.

S"

"«3

2 Peacefiil be thy silent slumber —
Peaceful in the grave so low :
Thou no more wilt join our number ;
Thou no more our son^ra shalt know.

^G^

3 Dearest sister, thou hast left us ;

Here thy loss we deeply feel ;
But 'tis God that hath bereft us :
He can all our sorrows heal.

4 Yet again we hope to meet thee.

When the day of life is fled,
Then in heaven with joy to greet thee.
Where no farewell tear is shed.

378 Mx\N,

570 ^- ^ BUBLEIQH.

<« Wl)5 seek se t^z %VAnu among t|)e Bean ? '*

A H I why should bitter tears be shed
•^^ In sorrow o'er the mounded sod,
When verily there are no dead
Of all the children of our God?

2 They who are lost to outward sense
Have but flung off their robes of clay,
And, clothed in heavenly radiance,
Attend us on our lowly way,

8 And oft their spirits breathe in ours
The hope and strength and love of theirs.
Which bloom as bloom the early flowers
In breath of summer's viewless airs.

4 And silent aspirations start,

In promptings of their purer thought,
Which gently lead the troubled heart
To joys not even Hope had wrought.

ffY\ L. M. Norton.

JSltButtintBu of tte 9(ou8 IScaTr.

OSTAY thy tears ; for they are blest,
, Whose days are past, whose toil is done :
Here midnight care disturbs our rest ;
Here sorrow dims the noonday sun.

2 How blest are they whose transient years
Pass like an evening meteor's flight I
Not dark with guilt, nor dim with tears ;
Whose coiurse is short, unclouded, bright.

DEAxn. 379

3 O, cheerless were our lengthened way ;

But heaven's own light dispels the gloom»
Streams downward from eternal day,
And casts a glory round the tonoJb.

4 Oy stay thy tears : the blest above

Have hailed a spirit's heavenly birth,
And sung a song of joy and love ;

Then why should anguish reign on earth?

572 ^ ^- ^^ Maokat.

« asleep tn CJtfBt"

ASLEEP in Jesus I blessed sleep I
From which none ever wakes to weep ;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the dread of foes.

2 Asleep in Jesus I peaceful rest I
Whose waking is supremely blest ;
No fear, no woes shall dim that hour.
Which manifests the Saviour's power I

3 Asleep in Jesus I time nor space
Debars this precious hiding-place ;

On Indian plains, or Lapland's snows,
Believers find the same repose.

4 Asleep in Jesus 1 far from thee

Thy kindred and their graves may be ;
But thine is still a blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.

380 HAN.

573 L. M. J. Tatiob.

Cfte £|ortnes0 of JUfe.

LIKE shadows gliding o'er die plain,
Or clouds that roll successive on,
Man's busy generations pass.

And while we gaze their forms are gone.

2 " He lived, — he died ; " behold the sum.
The abstract of the historian's page I
Alike, in God's all-seeing eye,

The infant's day, the patriarch's age.

8 O Father I in whose mighty hand
The boundless years and ages lie ;
Teach us thy boon of life to prize.
And use the moments as tliey fly ;

4 To crowd the narrow span of life

With wise designs and virtuous deeds ;
And bid us wake from death's dark night.
To share the glory that succeeds.

574 8 & Ts M. HoRRB.

Butumn Wsmfiiipi.

SEE the leaves around us falling.
Dry and withered, to the ground ;
Thus to thoughtless mortals calling.
In a sad and solemn sound : —

2 '^ Youth, on length of days presuming.
Who the paths of pleasure tread, —
View us, late in beauty blooming,
Numbered now among the dead.

i

DEATH. 381

3 ** What though yet no losses grieve you,

Gay with health and many a grace,
Let not cloudless skies deceive you :
Summer gives to autumn place.

4 On the tree of life eternal,

Let our highest hopes be stayed ;
This alone, forever vernal,

Bears a leaf that shall not fade.

575 ^' ^' Joseph B Smith.
afcam to 9(e.

AFRAID to die ! O, idle fear 1
Since Grod our Father is so near.
With loving arms to clasp the soul
Released from pain and earth's control.

2 Afraid to die I O, idle thought !

Since Christ the immortal life hath brought
So clearly to our raptured eyes,
How can we shrink from Paradise I

3 Afraid to die 1 no. Father, no ;
When thou shalt call I '11 gladly go ;
In death or life I would be thine,
And to thy will my own resign.

576 8 & 6's M. Anontmous.
Cl)ere In no Seatf).

rpHERE is no death I The stars go down
A To rise upon some fairer shore ;
And bright in heaven's jewelled crown
They sldne for evermore.

382 HAN.

2 There is no deatb I The dust we tread

Shall change beneath the summer showers
To golden grain or mellow fruit.
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.

8 The granite rocks disorganize

To feed the hungry moss they bear ;
The forest leaves drink daily life
From out the viewless air.

4 There is no death I The leaves may fall,

The flowers may fade and pass away —
They only wait through wintry hours
The coming of the May.

5 There is no death 1 An angel form

Walks o'er the earth with silent tread,
He bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them ** dead.'*

6 He leaves our hearts all desolate —

He plucks our faii*est, sweetest flowers ;
Transplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.

g'77 ^'^ ^ ANOurMOus.

19(tge.

CLAY to clay, and dust to dust I
Let them mingle — for they must I
Give to earth the earthly clod.
For the spirit 's fled to Grod.

2 Deep the pit, and cold the bed,
Where the spoils of death are laid ;
Stifi* the curtains, chill the gloom.
Of man's melancholy tomb.

IMMOBTALITT AKD HEAVEN. 883

3 Look aloft I The spirit's risen — -
Death cannot the soul imprison ;
'Tis in heaven that spirits dwell,
Glorious, though invisible.

578 7'8M. Wesley's OOLU

««XUs8eTi arette SeaH, t^at life (n t^t JUtti/*

READY for their glorious crown, —
Sorrows past and sins forgiven, —
Here they lay their burthen down,
Hallowed and made meet for heaven.

2 Yes ! the Christian's course is run ;
Ended is the glorious strife ;
Fought the fight, the work is done ;
Death is swallowed up in life.

IMMORTALITY AND HEAVEN.

579 ^ ^' Anonymoub.

0])e ^Setter JUiCti.

f I ^HERE is a land mine eye hath seen,
A In visions of enraptured thought.
So bright that all wliich spreads between
Is with its radiant glory fi'aught : —

2 A land upon whose blissful shore

There rests no shadow, falls no stain ;
There those who meet shall part no more,
And those long parted meet again.

3 Ito skies are not like earthly skies.

With varying hues of shade and light ;
It hath no need of suns to rise,
To dissipate the gloom of night.

384 HAN.

4 There sweeps no desolating wind
Across that calm, serene abode ;
The wanderer there a home may find,
Within the paradise of God.

5S0 ^ ^ ^^ Stseul

Ste glorfotts Worm on TRffll).

nnHERE is a glorious world on high,
i Resplendent with eternal day ;
Faith views the blissful prospect nigh.
And Grod's own word rev^s the way.

2 There shall the servants of the Lord

With nevei^fading lustre shine ;
Surprising honor I large reward,
Conferred on man by love divine !

3 The shining firmament shall fade,

And sparkling stars resign their light ;
But these shall know no change nor shade.
Forever fair, forever bright.

4 And shall not these cold hearts of ours

Be kindled at the glorious %dew ?
Come, Lord, awake our active powers,
Oiu: feeble, dying strength renew.

5 On wings of faith and strong desire

0,may our spirits daily rise ;
And reach at last the shining choir.
In the bright mansions of the skies.

nUiOBTALITr AND HEAVEN. 385

581 ^ ^ ^'^ MoNTaOMUlT.

Stste to « Calm (be t^ose tolio toety.
nPHERE is a calm for those who weq)»
JL A rest for weaiy pilgrims fomid ;
They softly lie, and sweetly sleep,
Low in the ground.

2 The storm that racks the wintry sky

No more disturbs their deep repose
Than summer evening's latest sigh.
That shuts the rose.

3 I long to lay this painful head

And aching heart beneath the soil ;
To slumber in that dreamless bed,
From all my toil.

4 The soul, of origin divine,

God's glorious image, freed from day,
In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine,
A star of day.

^ The sun is but a spark of fire,
A transient meteor in the sky ;
Tlie soul, immortal as its Sire,
Shall never die.

582 0- M. Wat«

0 Stospect of t^e IQeabmlj^ Caicaar^

rpHERE is a land of pure delight,
JL Where saints immortal reign ;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banLsh pain.

25

386 MAN.

2 There everlasting spring abidee,

And ncTcr-withering flowers ;
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
This heavenly land from ours*

3 Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood,

Stand dressed in living green ;

So, to the Jews, old Canaan stood,

While Jordan rolled between.

4 But timorous mortals start and shrink.

To cross tliis narrow sea.
And linger shivering on the brink,
And fear to launch away.

5 O, could we make our doubts remove.

Those gloomy doubts that rise^
And see thQ Canaan that we love
With unbeclouded eyes ;

6 Could we but climb where Moses stood,

And view the landscape o'er,
Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood.
Should fright us from the shore.

583 ^* ^ STmrKETT.

prospect of ttie ])tom(8ely JUnti.

\N Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wistful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.

0'

I1IM0BTALIT7 ABD HEAVEN. 887

2 0 the transporting, rapturous scene

That rises to my sight I
Sweet fields, annajed in living green.
And rivers of delight I

3 All o'^r those wide*extended plains

Shmes one eternal day ;
There God, the sun, forever reigns.
And scatters night away. '

4 No chilling winds or poisonous breath

Can reach that healthful shore ;
Sickness nor sorrow, pain and death.
Are felt and feared no more.

584 L. M. 6 L Sarah F. Adam&

HSnH t(cs touvCti i^e dtone roUetv stonj; from t(e

THE mourners tame at break of day
Unto the garden-sepulchre ;
With darkened hearts to weep and piray,
For Him, the loved one, buried there.
What radiant light dispels the gloom?,
An angel sits beside the tomb.

2 Then mourn we not beloved nlead*

E*en while we come to weep and picay.; ..

The happy spirit far hdth fled

To brighter realms of entBess day ;

Immortal hope dispels the gloom I
An angel sits beside the tomb.

886 MAN.

5S5 8 &^ 6*8 IL W. B. Tappak.

9Qeat>en AntfcfpateH*
rpHEEE is an hour of peaceful rest
X To mourning wanderers given ;
There is a joy for souls distressed,
A balm for every wounded breast ;
'T is found alone in heaven.

2 There is a home for weary souls,

By sins and sorrows driven,
When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals,
Where storms arise, and ocean rolls,

And all is drear — 'tis heaven.

8 There faith lifts up the tearless eye.

The heart no longer riven, —
And views the tempest passing by,
Sees evening shadows quickly fly,

And all serene in heaven.

4 There fragrant flowers immortal bloom.

And joys supreme are given ;
There rays divine disperse the gloom ;
Beyond the dark and narrow tomb

Appears the dawn of heaven.

5gg L. M. 8 L BowRiNO

Ste 99ope of anotlet 3UfSr.

rail our hopes and all our fears
Were prisoned in life's narrow bound ;
If — travellers through this vale of tears —

We saw no better world beyond ;
O, who could check the rising sigh ?

What earthly thing could pleasiu^ give?
O, who could venture then to die?
Or, who could venture then to live ?

IHMORTALnT AND HEAVEN. 389

2 Were life a dark and desert moor,

Where mist and cloods eternal spread
Their gloomy veil behind, before,

And tempests thunder overhead ;
Where not a smibeam breaks the gloom,

And not a floweret smiles beneath, —
Who could exist in such a tomb ?

Who, dwell in darkness and in death ?

3 And such were life, without the ray

Of our divine religion given ;
Tis this that makes our darkness day, —

T is this that makes our earth a heaven.
Bright is the golden sun above.

And beautiful the flowers that bloom.
And aU is joy, and all is love,

Eeflected from the world to come.

587 ^* ^ ^=* Pb^mist.

0|e JQeabtnls Koine.

JERUSALEM ! my happy home I
Name ever dear to me !
When shall my labors have an end
In joy, and peace, and thee?

2 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom.

Nor sin nor sorrow know :
Blest seats ! through bright or stormy scenes
I onward press to you.

3 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there

Around my Saviour stand ;
And soon my friends in Christ below
Will join the glorious band.

890 MAN.

4 Jerusalem I my happy borne !
My soul stil] pants for thee ;
Then shall my labors have ^n end.
When I thy peace shall see.

5gg 8 & 7'8 M. J. G. Bastholoiuw.

6rit«t)iC«n Aiqiebr.
oAiid thetewpearedaiiuiBelitiito him ftom hc«rwi»ttifingtlimtng

him.»>

Is it true that angek hear ns.
When we sing our songs of praise ?
That bright wings are waving near us,

When to heaven our thoughts we raise?
Ib it true that when we 're praying
Radiant forms are bending near?
That they know what we are saying,
And our every word can hear?

2 Ib it true that in our sorrow,

They in tender lore draw nigh,
Telling us of that bright morrow,

Where no tear shdl dim the eye?
Do they come on holy missions

From oxur. Father's home above.
To return with our petitions.

And our songs of praise and love?

3 Can we doubt since that bright legion

Came rejoicing to the earth,
Leaving the celestial region

To announce the Saviour's birth?
Or when in the garden bending

Christ was filled with pain and grief,
Holy ^QgeIs were attending.

With their words of sweet relief ?

IMHOBTALITY ASD HEAVEN. 391

4 And if men have heard tlieir chorus,

On the earth in days of old,
May they not be bending o'er us,

With their crowns and harps of gold?
Let U8 listen to their singing,

For it is of heavenly love ;
And the very air is ringing

With their praise of God above«

589 8- M. MONTGOimT.

Jfoteber toftf) tit JUttr.

""COREVER with the Lord,"*
X^ Amen. So let it be ;
Life from the dead is in that word,

And immortality.
Here in the body pent,

Absent from him I roam.
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent

A day's march nearer home.

2 My Father's house on high,

Home of my soul, how near.
At times, to faith's aspiring eye,

Thy golden gates appear I
Yet doubts still intervene.

And all my comfort flies ;
Like Noah's dove, I flit between

Rough seas and stormy skies.

3 " Forever with the Lord 1 **

Father, if 't is thy will.
The promise of thy gracious word,
E'en here to me fulfil.

392 MAN.

Be thou at my right hand.

So shall I never fail :
Uphold me, and I needs must stand ;

Fight, and I shall prevail.

4 So, when my latest breath

Shall rend the veil in twain.
By death I shall escape from death.
And life eternal gain.

n

Knowing *' as I am known,^
How shall I love that word.

And oft repeat before the throne,
•• Forever with the Lord 1*'

59Q S. M. Has. Stjbkls.

1^ AR from these scenes of night
Unbounded glories rise.
And realms of mfinite delight.
Unknown to mortal eyes.

F

2 No cloud those regions know.
Forever bright and fair ;
For sin, tlie source of mortal woe.
Can never enter there.

8 There night is never known.
Nor sun's faint, sickly ray ;
But glory from tli* etcnial throne
Spreads everlasting day.

4 0,may this prospect fire

Our hearts with ardent love I
And lively faith and strong desire
Bear every thought above.

A^

DiMORTALITT AKD HEAVEN. 393

591 ^- ^ 0. D. Stuart.
fiCttracttons of IQeaben.

S distant lands beyond the sea.

When friends go thence, draw nigh,
So heaven, when friends have thither gone.
Draws nearer from the sigr.

2 And as those lands the dearer grow,

When friends are long away,
So heaven itself, through loved ones dead,
Gh"ows dearer day by day.

3 Heaven is not far frt>m those who see.

With the pure spirit's si^ht.
But near, and in the very hearts
Of those who see aright.

592 7-8 M. TOPLADT.

eHe ^reetr SpTcft.

DEATHLESS principle, arise ;
Soar, thou native of the skies ;
Pearl of price, by Jesus bought.
To liis glorious likeness wrought,
Go to shine before his throne,
Deck his mediatorial crown ;
Go, his triumphs to adorn.
Made for God — to God return.

2 Burst thy shackles, drop thy day,
Sweetly breathe thyself away ;
Singing, to thy crown remove,
Swift of wing, and fired with love.
Shudder not to pass the stream ;
Venture all thy care on him ;
Him, whose dying love and power
Stilled its tossing, hushed its roar.

394 MAN.

3 Saints in glory perfect made,

Wait thj passage through the shade ;

Ardent for thy coming o'er,
. See, they throng the blissful shore ;

Mouht, their transports to improve,

Join the longing choir above ;

Swiftly to their wish be given ;

Kindle higher joy in heaven.

593 ^ ^* Akohtmou8^

Stf WorUr U Come.

THERE is a world we have not seen,
That wasting time can ne'er destroy.
Where mortal footsteps have not been,
Nor ear hath caught its sounds of joy.

2 That world to come ! and 0, how blest I —
Fairer than prophets ever told ;
And never dM an angel^guest
One half its blessedness unfold.

8 It is all holy and serene, —

The land of glory and repose ;
And there, to dim the radiant scene.
No tear of sorrow ever flows.

4 It is not fanned by summer gale ;

T? is not refreshed by vernal showers ;
It neret needs the moonbeam pale,

For there are known no evening hours.

5 There forms unseen by mortal eye.

Too glorious for our sight to bear,
Are walking witli their God on high,
And waiting our arrival there.

IMMORTAUTr AND HEAVEN. 395

594 iTs M. MUHLINBURG.

Honj^fng for Jl^eaben.

I WOULD not live alway ; I ask not to stay
Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the
way;
The few lacid mornings that dawn on us here
Are followed by gloom or beclouded with fear.

2 I would not live alway thus fettered by sin —
Temptation without and corruption within :
E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears,
And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears.

3 I would not live alway, no — welcome the tomb :
Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its

gloom ;
There sweet be my rest ; he will bid me arise,
To share in his joy and his life in the skies.

4 Who, who would live alway away from his God —
Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode,
Where rivers of pleasure flow bright o'er the

plains.
And the noontide of glory eternally reigns ?

5 There saints of all ages in harmony meet,
Their Saviour and bretlu'en transported to greet ;
While anthems of rapture unceasingly roll,
And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul.

595 8. M. Bbigg'b Coll.

6S»e 99eabenl|f Call.

COME to the land of peace,
From shadows come away,
Where all the sounds of weeping cease.
And storms no more have sway.

396 MAN.

2 Fear hath no dwelling here,
But pure repose and love
Breathe through the bright, celestial air.
The spirit of the dove.

8 Come to the bri^t and blest,
Gathered from every land ;
For here thy soul shall find its rest,
Amidst the shining band.

4 In this divine abode

Change leaves no saddening trace ;
Come, trusting spirit, to thy God,
Thy holy resting-place 1

596 L. M. BOWBINQ.

JVemors of tl^e Sust.

EARTH'S transitory things decay.
Its pomps, its pleasures pass away ;
But the sweet memory of the good
Survives in the vicissitude.

2 As 'mid the ever-rolling sea,
The eternal isles established be,
'Gainst which the surges of the main
Fret, dash, and break themselves in vain : ^

8 As in the heavens the urns divine
Of golden light forever shine ;
Though clouds may darken, storms may rage,
They still shine on from age to age : —

4. So, through the ocean-tide of years,
The memory of the just appears ;
So, through the tempest and the gloom.
The good man's virtues light the tomb.

mMOBTALmr and heaven. 397

597 CM. H. B. Stowb.

f T lies around us like a cloud, —
A world we do not see ;
Yet the sweet closing of an eye
May bring us there to be.

r

2 Sweet hearts around us throb and beat.
Sweet helping hands are stirred,
And palpitates the veil between
With breathin<;s almost heard.

kAj^W

3 The silence — awiul, sweet, and calm-

They have no power to break ;
For mortal words are not for them
To utter or partake.

4 Scarce knowing if we wake or sleep,

Scarce asking where we are,
We feel all evil sink away
All sorrow and all care.

598 ^ ^- MONTOOMBaT.

Sreparatfon for IQeaben.
[EAVEN is a place of rest from sin,
But all who hope to enter there
Should here that holy course begin

Which shall their souls for rest prepare.

H'

2 Clean hearts, O God, in us create ;
Right spirits in us, Lord, renew ;
Commence we now that higher state ;
Now do thy will as angels do.

398 MAN.

8 In Jesus' footsteps may we tread,
Learn every lesson of his love;
And be from grace to glory led,

From heaven below to heaven above.

599 C. M. DOMRIDGB.

B^t Whs to tlie IQcabenls 0(t|f«
^ING, ye redeemetl of the Lord,
Your great Deliverer sing ;
Pilgrims, for Zion's city boimd,
Be joyfiil in your Kmg.

S'

2 A hand divine shall lead you on
Through all the blissful road.
Till to the sacred mount you rise,
And see your Father, God.

8 There garlands of immortal joy
Shall bloom on every head,
Wliile sorrow, sighing, and distress,
Like shadows all are fled.

4 March on in your Redeemer's strength.
Pursue his footsteps still,
And let the prospect cheer your eye
While laboring up the hUl.

600 ^'^^- ^'- BOWEINQ.

LEAD us with thy gentle sway.
As a willing child is led ;
^jeed us on our forward way.

As a pilgrim, Lord, is sped,
Who with prayers and helps divine
Seeks a consecrated shrine.

IMMORTALTIT AND HEAVEN. 399

2 We are pilgrimSy and our goal

Is that distant land whose bourn
Is the haven of the soul ;

Where the mourners cease to moum.
Where the Saviour's hand will dry
Every tear from every eye.

3 Lead us thither I thou dost know

All the way ; but wanderers we
Often miss our path below,

And stretch out our hands to thee ;
Guide us, — save us, — and prepare
Our appointed mansion there I

601 ^- ^* Anontmoub.

8)e aaibet of 2(te.

^TTHERE is a pure and peaceful wave,
A That issues from the throne of love.
Whose waters gladden as they lave
The bright and heavenly courts above.

2 The pilgrim faint, who seems to sink

Beneath the sultry sky of time,

May here repose, and freely drink

The waters of that better clime.

3 And every soul may here partake

The blessings of the fount above ;
And none who drink will e'er forsake
The crystal stream of boundless love.

400 MAN.

Sbenfng JVelirtatfoiis.

BEHOLD the western evening lighti
It melt8 in deepening gloom ;
So calmly Christians sink away,

Descending to the tomb.
The winds breathe low, — the withering leaf

Scarce whispers from the tree ;
So gently flows the parting breadi,
When good men cease to be.

2 How beautiful, on all the hills,

The crimson light is shed,
'T is like the peace the Christian gives

To mourners round his bed.
How mildly on the wandering doud

The sunset beam is cast,
TTis like the memory left behind,

When loved ones breathe their last.

8 And now above the dews of night

The yeUow star appears ;
So faith springs in the hearts of those

Whose eyes are bathed in tears.
But soon the morning's happier light

Its glories shall restore ;
And eyelids that are sealed in death

Shall wake to close no more.

OONSOLATION. 401

CONSOLATION.

603 C- ^ Hooma

ContoIatfoiL

THOU who driest the mourner^e tear.
How dark this world would be,
If, when deceived and wounded here,
We could not fly to thee I

0

2 But thou wilt heal the broken heart,

Which like the plants that throw
Their fragrance from tlie wounded part,
Breathes sweetness out of woe.

3 When joy no longer soothes or cheers.

And e'en the hope that threw

A moment's B|)arkle o'er our tears

Is dimmed and vanished too ;

4 Then sorrow, touched by thee, grows bright.

With more than rapture's ray ;
As darkness shows us worlds of light
We never saw by day.

g04 ^' P- M- Wattb.

Source ot ConBolatton,

I'LL praise my Maker while I *ve breath,
And, when my voice is lost in death.
Praise shall employ my nobler powers ; —
My days of praise shall ne'er be past.
While life and thought and being last.
Or immortality endures.
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402 MAN.

2 Happy the man whose hopes rely
On Israers God ; — he made the sky,

And earth, and seas, with all their tnun.
His truth forever stands secure ;
He saves th' oppressed, he feeds the poor ;

And none snail find his promise vain.

8 The Lord hath eyes to give the blind ;
The Lord supports the sinking mind ;

He sends the laboring conscience peace ;
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless,

And grants the prisoner sweet release.

4 ril praise hhn while he lends me breath.
And, when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers ; —
My days of praise shall ne'er be past
While life and thought and being last.

Or immortality endures.

605 ^' M. NOBTOH.

Ti/TY God, I thank thee I may no thought
jJJi E'er deem thy chastisements severe ;
But may this heart, by sorrow taught.
Calm each wild wi^, each idle fdar.

2 Thy mercy bids all nature bloom ;

The sun shines bright, and man is gay ;
Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom.
That darkens o' er his little day.

GONSOLATION. 403

3 Fall many a throb of grief and pain

Thy frail and erring^ child must know :
But not one prayer is oreathed in vain,
Nor does one tear unheeded flow.

4 Thy various messengers employ ;

Thy purposes of love fulfil ;
And 'mid the wreck of human joy,
Let kneeling faith adore thy will.

D'

606 ^ ^ Betant.

MSSlMseTi are tj|)C£ ^at mourtu*'
|EEM not that they are blessed alone.
Whose days a peaceful tenor keep ;
The God, who loves our race, has shown
A blessing for the eyes that weep,

2 The light of smiles shall fill again

The lids that overflow with tears,
And weary hours of woe and pain
Are earnests of serener years.

3 O, there are days of sunny rest

For every dark and troubled night I
Grief may abide, an evening guest.
But jby shall come with early light.

4 And thou, who o'er thy fKend's low bier

Sheddest the bitter drops like rain,
Hope that a brighter, happier sphere
Will give him to thy arms again.

5 For God hath marked each anguished day

And numbered every secret tear ;
And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay
For all IiyLs children suffer here.

404 ifAN.

607 ^' ^ HONTOOHXBT.

9xfzn}tB Xtltt but to Ube aoafR.

FRIEND after friend departe ;
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts.

That finds not here an end.
Were this frail world our only rest,
Living or dying, none were blest.

2 Beyond the flight of. time,

Beyond this vale of death,
There surely is some blessed clime..

Where life is not a breath,
Nor life's affections but a fire
Whose sparks fly upward to expire.

8 There is a world above,

Where parting is unknown, —
A whole eternity of lo^e
And blessedness alone ;
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that happier sphere.

4 Thus, star by star declines

Till all are passed away.
As morning high and higher shines

To pure and perfect day.
Nor sink those stars in empty night —
They hide themselves in heaven's own light.

608 ^-^' Whittiek.
€roli*0 2,obe unit ®art.

I LONG for household voices gone.
For vanished smiles I long,
But God hath led my dear ones on.
And he can do no wrong.

CONSOLATION. 405

2 I know dot what the {iiture hath

Of marvel or surprise,
Assured alone that life and death
His mercy underlies.

3 And if my heart and flesh are weak

To bear an untried pain.
The bruised reed he will not break.
But strengthen and sustain.

4 And so beside the silent sea

I wait the mufHed oar ;
No harm from him can come to me
On ocean or on shore.

5 I know not where his islands lift

Their fronded palms in air ;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond his love and care.

609 C. M. Watwl

iHourn not i^t Departed.

WHY do we mourn departing friends,
Or shake at death's alarms?
*Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them to his arms.

2 Why should we tremble to convey
Their bodies to the tomb ?
The grave wherq once our Saviour lay,
Hath lost its fearful gloom.

8 Thence he arose — and now commends
To us his gracious charms I
The glory that his truth attends,
Death of its sting disarms.

406 1L4K.

4 Though earth and all its joys be dim,
On him in faith rely ;
Our life is hid with Obrist in him, —
That life can never die.

610 12&11'8U. Hbeb.

Ehoit art gottt to tj^e CrTXbe*

rpHOU art gone to the grave ; but we will
X not dej^ore thee ;
Though sorrows and darkness encompass the
tomb;
The Saviour has passed through its portals be-
fore thee ;
And the lamp of his love is thy guide through
the gloom.

2 Thou art gone to the grave ; we no longer be-
hold thee,
Nor tread the rough paths of the world by
thy side :
But the wide arms of mercy are spread to en-
fold thee,
And sinners may hope, since the Saviour
hath died.

8 Thou art gone to the grave ; and, its mansion
forsaking,
Perchance thy weak spirit in doubt lingered
long ;
But the sunsliine of heaven beamed bright on
thy waking,
And the sound thou didst hear was the sera-
phim's song.

CONSOLATION. 407

4 Thou art gone to the grave ; but we will not
deplore thee;
Since God was thy Seiuge, thy Guardian,
thy Guides
He gave diee, he took thee, and he will lestore
thee;
And death has no sting, since the Saviour
hath died.

QW a M. HONTdOMIBT.

Clirfstfan JQope.

rpHE broken ties of happier days,
JL How o(ben do they seem
To come before the mental gaze.
Like a remembered dream ;

2 And earthly hand can ne'er again

Unite these broken tics.
Around us each dissevered chain
In sparkling ruin lies.

3 O, who in such a world as this,

Could bear their lot of pain,
Did not one radiant hope of bliss
Unclouded yet remain ?

4 That hope the sovereign Lord has given.

Who reigns above the skies ; —
Hope, that unites our souls to heaven, ''

By faith's endearing ties.

408 MAN.

gl2 11&4'8M. WHimn.

Cjjie SLngtlM of 6rt(eC

Vl/ ITri silence only as their benediction,
▼ ▼ God's angels come,

Where, in the shadow of a great affliction.
The sold sits dumb !

2 Yet woidd we say, what every heart approveth, —
Our Father's will,
Gdling to him the dear ones whom he loveth.
In mercy still.

8 Not upon us or ours the solemn angel
Hath evil wrought ;
The funeral anthem is a glad evangel ;
The good die not I

4 Qod caUs our loved ones, but we lose not wholly
What he has given ;
They live on earth in thought and deed, as truly
As in his heaven.

gl3 10 & ll's. Moors.

Come, se Btsconsolatt.

COME, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish ;
Come, at the slirine of God fervently kneels
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your
anguish ;
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,

Hope, when all others die, fadeless and pure.

Here speaks the Comforter, in God's name saying.

Earth has no sorrow, that heaven caimot cure.

CONSOLATION. 409

3 Here see the bread of life ; see waters flowing
Foith from the throne of God, living and pure ;
Come to the feast of love ; come, ever knowing
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.

gl4 6 & 4*8 M. Ann W. Halu

FATHER, O, hear me now I
Father divine 1
Thou, only thou, canst see
The heart's deep agony, —
Help me to say to thee,
Thy will, not mine 1

2 O God 1 be thou my stay

In this dark hour ;
Kindly each sorrow hear,
Hush every troubled fear,
And let me still revere

And own thy power.

3 In thee alone I trust,

The Holy One 1
Humbly to thee I pray
That, through each troubled day
Of life, I still may say.

Thy will be done.

gJ5 ^' ^' Anonymoits.

Vot lost, but gone before.

"TTTHY should we weep and mourn for those
▼ ▼ Whose places know them here no more ;
Released from all life's hurtful foes,

They are not lost, — but gone before.

410 MAN,

2 How many weary days on earth ,

How many griefs, thej numbered o*er I
Now they enjoy a heavenly birth :
They are not lost, — but gone before.

3 Dear is the spot where Christians sleep.

And sweet the strain which angels pour ;
O, why 8ho\ild we in anguish weep?
They are not lost, — but gone before.

6X6 ^' ^ ^^^

Sl)t sternal Years.

^OW shalt thou bear the cross that now
So dread a weight appears ?
Keep quietly to God, and think
Upon the eternal yej«X8.

w

2 Austerity is little help,

AJthough it somewhat cheers ;
Thine oil of gladness is the thought
Of the eternal years.

3 Bear gently, suffer like a child,

Nor be ashamed of tears ;
Kiss the sweet cross, and in thy heart
Sing of the eternal years.

4 Death will have rainbows round it, seen

Through calm contrition's tears,
If tranqiul Hope but trims her lamp
At the eternal years.

FUNERAL HYMNS.

617 6 & 4'8 M. Mrs. Southit.

IQeatf^beH of tl^e 2.ofDljf.

riTEtEAD aoftly — bov the head— r
X In reverent silence haw ;
No passing bell doth toll ;
Yet an immortal soul
Is passing now.

2 Stranger 1 however great,

With holy reverence bow ;
There 's one in that poor shedt
One by that paltry bed,

Greater thoA thou.

3 Oh ! change — O wondrous cha.ngQl

Burst are the prison bars — r
This moment, there, so low,
So agonized, and now

Beyond the stars I

4 Oh I chaiige -r- stupendous change I

There lies the soulless clod :
The sun eternal breaks.
The new immortal wakes,

Wakes with his God I

618 ^'*^ ^ WlSMT.

[OW the Christian's course is run,
Ended is the glorious strife ;
Fought the fight, the crown ia won.
Death is swallowed up of life.

N*

413 HAN.

2 Borne by angels on their wings.
From the earth his spirit flies
To the Lord he loved, and sings,
Triumphing in paradise.

8 Join we, then, with one accord
In the new and joyful song ;
Absent from our glorious Lord
We shall not continue long ;

4 We shall quit the house of day,
Better joys with him to share ;
We shall see the realms of day.
We shall meet our brethren there.

619 L M. Watts

Seatj^ anDr ISutfal of a €^xftt(B,n.

TTNVEIL thy bosom, faithful tomb !
vJ Take this new treasure to thy trust.
And give these sacred relics room
To seek a slumber in thy dust.

2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear
Livade thy bounds ; no mortal woes
Can reach the peacefiil sleeper here.
While angels watch the soft repose.

8 So Jesus slept ; Grod's dying Son

Passed through the grave, and blessed the bed ;
. Then rest, dear saint, for from his throne

Morning shall break, and pierce the shade*

4 Hail ! glorious resurrection mom !

Attend, O earth, thy Sovereign's word I
Not earthly dust, but souls new-bom,
Shall live forever with the Lord.

FUNEHAL HYMNS. 413

Q2Q S. M. MONTGOHBBT.

9n t^e 29eatl) of an sffeli ^trfstfan.

<* I bare fought a good flgbt ; I have finished 017 coarse.''

SERVANT of God, weU done I
Rest from thy loved employ :
Tlie battle fought, the victory won,

Enter thy Master's joy.
The voice at midnight came,

He started up to hear ;
A mortal arrow pierced his frame —
He fell, but felt no fear.

2 Tranquil amidst alarms,

It found him on the field,
A veteran slumbeiing on his arms,

Beneath his red-cross shield.
His spirit, with a bound,

Burst its encumbering clay ;
His tent, at sunrise, on the ground,

A darkened ruin lay.

3 The pains of death are past,

Labor and sorrow cease.
And life's long warfare closed at last,

His sold is found in peace.
Soldier of Christ I well done I

Praise be thy new employ ;
And while eternal ages run,

Best in thy Saviour's joy.

(j2\ S M. Anontmoxtb.

Go Best, fa(r €W^.
I_0 to thy rest, fair child 1
Go to thy dreamless bed.
While yet so gentle, undefiled,
With blessings on thy head.

G<

414 UAJ^.

S Ere An had searecl the breast.
Or sorrow woke the tear, —
Biae to thy throne of changeless rest^
In yon celestial sphere.

8 Beoange thy suflki was fair^
Thy lip and eye so bright.
Because thy loving cradle caf6
Was such 4 fond delight, —

4 Shall love with \^eak embraoe.
Thy upward wing detain?
No, gende angel, seek thy place
Amid the <merub train.

Q22 ^* ^- ^^ HxHim.

Stctj^ ot ttt ¥ouiifl.

CALM on the bosom of thy Grod,
Young spirk,re8t thee now !
E'en while with us thy footsteps trod,
Wb seld was on thy brow.

2 Dust, to its narrow house beneath I
Soul, to its place on high I
They that have seen thy look in death,
No more may fear to die.

S Lone are the paths and sad the bowers
Whence thy meek smile is gone ;
But O, a brighter home than ours,
In heaven is now thine own.

FUNERAL HYMNS. 415

C23 8 & 7*8 M. B. 0. Waterstoh.

9eat^ of a #nnaU S((olat.

ONE sweet flower has drooped and faded,
One sweet infant voice has fled,
One fair brow the grave has shaded,
One dear schoolmate now is dead.

2 But we feel no thought of sadness.

For our fnend is happy now ;

She has knelt in soul-ielt gladness,

Where the blessed angels bow.

3 She has gone to heaven before us,

But she turns and waves her hand.
Pointing to the glories o'er us,
In that happy spirit land.

4 God, our Father, watch above us.

Keep us from all danger free ;
. Do thou guard and guide and love us,
Till, like her, we go to thee.

g24 0- M. Whiriib.

Seatt of a j^ung CrtxU

ANOTHER hand is beckoning us,
Another call is given :
And glows once more with angel steps
The path that leads to heaven.

2 O, half we deemed she needed not

The chimging of her sphere,

To give to heaven a shining one.

Who walked an angel here.

416 MAN.

3 Unto our Father's will alone

One thought has reconciled ;
That he whose love exceedeth ours
Hath taken home his child.

4 Fold her, O Father, in thine arms.

And let her henceforth be
A messenger of love between
Our human hearts and thee.

5 Still let her mild rebukings stand

Between us and the wrong,
And her dear memory serve to make
Our faith in goodness strong.

525 ^' ^^- DODDRlDOi

JDeatt of a IHCnfstrr.
XTTHAT though the arm of conquering death

▼ T Does God's own house invade ;
What though our teacher and our fiiend
Is numbered with the dead ;

2 Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust.

The aged and the young ;
The watchful eye in darkness closed,
And dumb th' instructive tongue ;

3 Th' eternal Shepherd still survives,

His teaching to impart :
Lord, be our Leader and our Guide,
And rule and keep our heart.

4 Yes, while the dear Redeemer lives.

We have a boundless store.
And shall be fed with what he gives,
VVho lives for evermore.

0=

FUNERAL HYMNS. 417

626 ^- ^- Anonymous,

Seat» of a faftliful fSLtntattv.
^N Zion's holy walls

Ib quenched a beacon light,
In vain the watchman calls, —

" Sentry 1 what of the night ? **
No answering voice is here :

Say — does the soldier sleep ?
O yes — upon the bier,
BGs watch no more to*keep.

2 Peace to thee, man of God 1

Thine earthly toils are o'er,
The thorny path is trod,

The Shepherd trod before :
Full well he kept his word, —

** I 'm with thee to the end ;
Fear not ! I am the Lord,

Thy never-failing friend**'

•
8 We have no dirge for thee.

It should not call a tear
To know that thou art free ;

Thy home — it was not here I
Joy to thee, man of God I

Thy heaven-course is begun,*
Unshrinking, thou hast trod

Death's vale, — thy race is run,

627 11 & 10 's M. W. M. Fernald.

9 VMan of tt^e Sternal CKlorj;.

OGOD of glory I when with eye uplifted,
Eye of tiie soul in visioned wonder clear ;
And when by thine eternal spirit gifted.
What deep revealings to the soul appear I

418 MAK.

2 Nature recedes ; and in the expanse eternal,
Spreading and opening to my raptured sight,
I see the hosts of God, the heights supernal,
The church triumphant crowned in heaven's
own light.

8 Ah 1 there are they who, once among the lowly.
Erst trod the paths of patient virtue here ;
And there are they who, in thy presence holy.
Trembled for sin, but knew no other fear.

4 Prophets, reformers, — they who, God revering,

Battled with hoary wrong and ancient might ;
Behold them now in triumph reappearing
On all the hills of God, in glory bright I

5 In deepening vision, flames a light before them.

Where a long train of martyrs rise to view ;
And lo I a central figure bending o'er them,
. The dear Eedeemer crowning them anew.

6 Victors and heroes all, I see them wa\ang

Triumpliant palms, in robes of purest white :
No moro the terrors of the conflict braving.
Peace is their lot, and heaven is their delight.

g^g 11 & 6'& LONOFBLLOW.

Hesfgnatfon.

THERE is no flock, however watched and
tended.
But one dead lamb is there !
There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,
But has one vacant chair.

FUNERAL HTBINS* 419

2 Let us be patient I These severe afflictioiis >

Not from the ground arise,
But oftentimes celestial benedictions
Assume this dark disguise.

3 We see but dimly through the mists and vapors

Amid these earthlj damps,
What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers
May be heaven's distant lamps.

4 There is no Death I What seems so is transitioii ;

This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian
Whose portal we call deatli.

5 She is not dead — the child of our affection,

But gone unto that school
Where she no longer needs our poor protection,
And Christ himself doth rule.

6 We will be patient, and assuage the feeling

We may not wholly stay ;
By silence sanctifying, not concealing,
The grief that must have way.

629 ^ ^ LoNGfBLIOW.

Jbttflfifvfa.

TAKE them, O death 1 and bear away
Whatever thou canst call thine own.
Thine image stamped upon this clay
Doth give thee that, but that alone.

420 MAN.

2 Take them, O grave I and let them lie

Folded upon thy narrow shelves,
As garments by the soul laid by.
And precious only to ourselves I

3 Talse them, O great Eternity I

Our little life is but a gust
That bends the branches of thy tree
And trails its blossoms in the dust.

Sf^e (tittrci).

(y

ITS WORTH AND WORK.

g30 ^'^ ^' SpIBIT of THl PBAua.

0rl6¥:|f of t^t CftUTCll.

^N thy church, O Power Divine,
Cause thy glorious face to shine ;
■Rll the nations from afar
Hail her as their guiding star ;
Till her sons, from zone to zone,
Make thy great salvation known*

2 Then shall God, with lavish hand,
Scatter blessings o*er the land ;
Earth shall yield her rich increase.
Every breeze shall whisper peace,
And the world's remotest bound,
With the voice of piUse resound.

^31 ^' ^ ANaivTiioiTS.

Sj^ejetofs) anH tl^e Clirfstran 2»fon. ^. yXM.

"TTTITH stately towers and bulwarks strong,

▼ T Unrivalled and alone,
Loved theme of many a sacred song,
God's holy city shone.

422 I'HE CHURCH.

2 Thus fair was Zion's chosen seat.
The glory of all lands ;
Yet fairer, and :n strength complete.
The Christian temple stands.

8 The faithful of each clime and age
This glorious church compose ;
Built on a rock, with idle rage
The threatening tempest blows.

4 In vain may hostile bands alarm,
For God is her defence ;
How weak, how powerless is each arm.
Against Omnipotence !

632 8 & 7*8 M. J. NswTOV.

««Glorfous W^jfft spolten of SSron."

GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God I
He whose word cannot be broken
Formed thee for his own abode.
On the Rock of Ages founded,

What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded.
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.

2 See I the streams of living waters,

Springing from eternal love.
Well supply thy sons and daughters,

And all fear of want remove.
Who can faint while such a river

Ever flows their thirst t' assuage ?
Grace, which, like the Lord, the give*

Never fails from age to age.

ITS WORTH AND WORK. 423

Bound each habitation hovering,

See the cloud and fire appear !
For a glory and a covering,

Showing that the Lord is near*
Fading is the worldling's pleasure.

All liis boasted pomp and show ;
Solid joys and lasting treasure

None but Zion's children know.

633 8. M. DwiGHV.

Slttad^ment to tl^e C^itrc).

I LOVE thy church, O God ;
Her walls before thee stand.
Dear as the apple of thine eye.
And graven on thy Iiand.

2 For her my tears shall fall ;

For her my prayers ascend ;
To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.

3 Beyond my highest joy

I prize her heavenly ways.
Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.

4 Sure as thy truth shall last,

To Zion shall be given
The brightest glories earth can }deld,
And brighter bUss of heaven*

424, THE CHUKCH.

0

g34 ^- ^ boDDRIDOB.

3Seauts uxCtt Bpaltatfott of Sfon.

ZION, tune thy voice,
And raise thy hands on high ;
Tell all the earth thy joys,

And shout salvation nigh :
Cheerful in God, arise and shine,
And wide extend thy rays divine.

2 He gilds thy morning &ce

With beams that cannot fiule ;
His all-resplendent grace

He sheds upon thy head :
Thy form the nations round shall view,
Divinely crowned with lustre now.

8 In honor to his name

Reflect that sacred light,
And loud that grace proclfum

Which makes thy darkness bright :
His praise pursue, till sovereign love
The glory raise in worlds above.

MEMBERSHIP AND ORDINANCES.

635 c. M. a weswy.

9be Clittve^ 38elotD stiH SCbobe.

THE saints on earth and those above,
But one communion make ;
Joined to the Lord in bonds of love,
All of his grace partake.

MEMBERSHIP AND ORDINANCES. 425

2 One famfly, we dwell in him :

One church above, beneath ;
Though now divided by the stream.
The narrow stream of death.

3 One army of the living God,

To his command we bow ;
Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.

4 O Grod, be thou our constant guide I

Then, when the word is given,
Bid death's cold flood its waves divide.
And land us safe in heaven.

636 S. M. Bbddoxb.

Clrrfstran Winits*

LET party names no more
The Christian world o'erspread ;
Gentile and Jew, and bond and free,
Are one in Christ, their Head.

2 Among the saints on earth
Let mutual love be found ;
Heirs of the same inheritance,
With mutual blessin<):8 crowned :

'*o'-'

3 Envy and strife be gone.

And only kindness known ;
While all one common Father have,
One common Master own.

4 Thus will the church below

Eesemble that above.
Where springs of purest pleasure rise,
And every heart is love.

426 THE CHUBCH*

^3*7 0. M. SCHMOLCK.

LORD, let thy conquering banner wave
O'er hearts thou makest free,
And point the path that from the graTO
Leads heavenward up to thee.

2 We bury all our sin and crime

Deep in our Saviour's tomb,
And seek the treasures there that time
Nor change can e'er consume.

3 We die with thee : O let us live

Henceforth to thee aright ;
The blessings thou hast died to give.
Be daily in our si^ht.

4 Fearless we lay lis in the tomb,

And sleep the night away.
If thou art there to break die gloom.
And call us back to day.

g38 C. M. B. r. Smitb.

^nt tn CDrfst.

PLANTED in Christ, the living
This day, with one accord,
Ourselves, with humble faith and joy,
We yield to thee, O Lord I

2 Joined in one body may we be ;
One inward life partake ;
One be our heart, one heaveuty hope
In every bosom wake.

HEMBEBSmP AND OBDINANCES. 427

8 In prajer, in effort, tears, and toils,
One wisdom be our guide ;
Taught by one spirit from abpye,
In thee maj we abide.

4 Then, when among the saints in light
Our joyful spirits shine.
Shall anthems of immortal praise,
O Lamb of God, be thine*

o

g39 ^ ^- DODDRIDai.

HAPPY day that fixed my choice
On thee, my Saviour, and my Lord I
Well may this glowing heart rejoide,
And tell its raptures all abroad.

2 O happy bond that seals my vows

To him who merits all my love 1
Let cheerful anthems fill the house,
While to his altar now I move.

3 'I'is done — the gi^eat transaction 1b done;

I am my Lord's, and he is mine ;
He drew ine, and I followed on,
Giarmed to confess the voice divine.

4 Now rest, my long-divided heart I

Fixed on this blissful centre, rest ;
Here have I found a nobler part.

Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast.

5 High heaven, that hears the solemn vow,

That vow renewed shall daily hear,
Till in life's latest hour I bow.

And bless in death a bond so dear.

428 THE CHT7BGH.

Q4J0 ^'° ^' MONTOOMSBT.

JofneH to 6oli*s Seop^e.

PEOPLE of the living God,
I have sought the world around,
Paths of sin and sorrow trod.

Peace and comfort nowhere found.

2 Now to you my spirit turns, —
Turns, a fugitive unblest ;
Brethren, where your altar bums,
O, receive me into rest.

8 Lonely I no longer roam.

Like the cloud, the wind, the wave ;
Where you dwell shall be my home,
Where you die shall be my grave.

54X 8 dE 7*8 M. Hnnu

Before Communfon.
J RE AD of the world, in mercy broken 1
Wine of the soul, in mercy shed I
By whom the words of life were spoken,
And in whose death our sins are dead I

B'

2 Look on the heart by sorrow broken,
Look on the tears by sinners shed.
And be thy feast to us the token.
That by thy grace our souls are fed.

gAO C. M. ANONTXoinL

€1)r(8t*8 EaiD of £obe.
^TE followers of the Prince of peace,
Who round his table draw I
Eemcmber what his spirit was.
What his peculiar law.

Y

HEMBCRSnir ASI> ORDINANCES. 429

2 The love wliich all his bosom filled

Did all liis actions guide ;
Inspired by love, he lived and taught,
Inspired by love, he died.

3 And do you love him? do you fed

Your warm affection move ?
This is the proof which he demands, —
That you each other love.

643 C. M. S. Oilman.

OGOD, accept the sacred hour
Which we to thee have given ;
And let this hallowed scene have power
To raise our souls to heaven.

2. Still let us hold till life departs,

The precepts of thy Son,
Nor let our thoughtless, thankless hearts,
Forget what he has done.

3. His true disciples may we live,

From all corruption free.
And humbly learn like him to give
Our powers, our wills to Thee.

644 7'8 M. BOWMNQ

£1 Commttitroti Ksmn.

rOT with terror do we meet

At the board by Jesus spread ;
Not in mystery drink and eat
W the Saviour's wine and bread.

N*

430 THE GHUEGH.

2 T is his memory we record,

T is his virtues we proclaim ;
Grateful to our honored Lord,
Here we bless his sacred mune.

8 Yes, we will remember thee,

Friend and Saviour ; and thj feast
Of all services shall be
Holiest and welcomest.

645 ^- ^ ^^^ ^^^- ^^^

HERE, Saviour, we would come.
In thine appointed wuy ;
Obedient to thy high commands,
Our solemn vows we pay.

2 O, bless this sacred rite,
To bring jis near to thee ;
And may we find that as our day
Our strength shall also be.

I

646 0. M. B. Tatlob.

S(oug|yt« 8t tte Communfon.

HERE, if ever, God of love 1
Let strife and hatred cease ;
And every thought harmonious move,
And every heart be peace.

0

2 Not here, where met to think on him
Whose latest thoughts were ours.
Shall mortal passions come to dim
The prayer devotion pours.

I

MEMBEBSmP AND OBDINANOES. ^Sl

" Tliy kingdom come ; "we watch, we wait,

To hear thy cheering call ;
When heaven shall ope ita glorious gate,

And God be all in all.

g47 ^ ^* DODDBXIKIB.

Commttnton %)(t1) CBroTi aiiTi Ct^rfst*

heavenly Father calls,
And Christ invites me near ;
With both my friendship shall be sweet.
And my communion dear.

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2 God pities all my griefs ;
He pardons every day ;
Almighty to protect my soul.
And wise to guide my way.

8 Jesus, my li^dng Head,
I bless thy faithful care ;
My Advocate before the throne,
And my Forerunner there.

4 Here fix my roving heart ;

Here wait my warmest love,
Till the communion be complete,
In nobler scenes above.

648 ^' ^ BtSSLB.

ITet tj^eve (s l^oom.

"VTTl wretched, hungry, starving poor,
JL Behold a royal feast,
Where Mercy spreads her bounteous store
For every humble guest.

432 THE CHURCH.

2 There Jesus stands with open arms ;
He calls — he bids you come :
Though guilt restrains, and fear alarms,
Behold, there yet is room.

8 O, come, and with his children taste
The blessings of his love ;
While hope expects the sweet repast
Of nobler joys above.

4 There, with united heart and voice.

Before th' eternal throne,
Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice,
In songs on earth unknown.

5 And yet ten thousand thousand more

Are welcome still to come :
Ye longing souls, the grace adore.
Approach, there yet is room.

549 S. M. FURNISS.

E^t Commttii(oii.
^ERE, in the broken bread,
Here, in the cup we take,
His body and his blood behold.
Who suffered for our sake.

H'

2 O thou, who didst allow

Thy Son to suffer thus.
Father, what more couldst thou have done.
Than thou hast done tor us ?

3 We are persuaded now

That nothing can divide
Thy children from thy boundless love,
Displayed in Him who died ; —

M£MBER8HIP AND OBDINANGES. 433

Who died to make us sure

Of mercy, truth, and peace,
And from the power and pains of sin

To bring a full release.

550 ^ ^' Gaskilu

Searfng toftt) tut t^t I9$(ng of Kesus.

NOT in this sunple rite alone
May Calvary's cross to us be shown ,
But may we turn, in many an hour.
To feel its soul-constraining power.

2 When indolence would have its will,
And selfish ease would keep us still,
Then to the Saviour may we look,
And meet his eye's serene rebuke.

3 When men have done us cruel wrong,
And angry thoughts are rising strong.
May we with softened hearts turn there.
And learn the Lord's forgiving prayer.

4 When sin looks tempting in our eyes,
May Jesus on the cross arise,

And ask if we will him forsake.

And wear the chains he died to break.

5 When pain, or sickness, or distress.
Our fainting souls would overpress.
To him on Calvary looking still.

May we find strength to bear God's will.

434 THE CHUBCH.

QQ\ 7*8 M. CoNDKiL

BREAD of heaven, on thee we feed,
For thy flesh is meat indeed ;
Ever let our souls be fed
With this true and living bread.

2 Vine of heaven, thy blood supplies
This blest cup of sacrifice ;
Lord, thy wounds our healing give ;
To thy cross we look and live.

8 Day by day with strength supplied,
Through the life of Him who died ;
Lord of life, O let us be
Booted, grafted, built on thee.

652 li. M. Stbnhitt.
Commemoratfon of ^WsVb Ideatt.

THUS we commemorate the day
On which our dearest Lord was slain :
Thus we our pious homage pay,
Till he appear on earth again.

2 Come, great Redeemer, open wide
The curtains of the parting sky ;
On a bright cloud in triumph ride.
And on the wind's swift pinions fly.

653 L. M. J. LOMBABD.

«« Ct^at ^tjn mas ^H ^^ o^^***

WHEN death was on the path he trod,
And Jesus saw his work was done.
He raised his eyes and prayed to God,
That his disciples might be one.

MEMBEBSHIP AND OBDINANCES. 435

2 This, Father, is our prayer to-daj.

That we may one in spirit be.
Through Christ, who came to teach the way,
And all united, God, in thee I

3 One in the Faith that works by love
\ ^ And purifies the heart and life ;

One in the Hope that looks above.
And sees an end of sin and strife :

4 One in the Love that warms the heart

And makes it thy most worthy shrine ;
And one in thee, O God, who art
The Giver of these gifts divine :

5 Through life, and till we reach its goal,

When what we have to do is done.
Heart linked to heart, and soul to soul.
And all, through Christ, in thee be one.

M^

g54 7'S M. CONDMU

[ANY centuries have fled

Since our Saviour broke the bread,
And this sacred feast ordain'd,
Ever by his church retained ;
Those his body who discern.
Thus shall meet till his return.

2 Through the church's long eclipse,
When from priest or pastor's lips,
Truth divine was never heard —
^id the famine of the word.
Still these symbols witness gave
To his love who died to save

436 THB GHURGH.

3 All who bear the Saviour's name.
Here their common faith proclaim ;
Though diverse in tongue or rite,
Here, one body to unite ;
Breaking thus one mystic bread,
Members of one common Head.

4 Come, the blessed emblems share.
Which the Saviour's death declare ;
Come, on truth immortal feed.
For his flesh is meat indeed :
Saviour I witness with the sign.
That our ransomed souk are thine.

g55 ^ ^ ^^' BSBNARD.

Jesu HulceHo corVfnm.

JESUS, thou joy of loving hearts !
Thou fount of life I Thou light of men I
From the best bliss that earth fmparts.
We turn unfilled to thee again.

2 We taste thee, O thou living bread.
And long to feast upon thee still I
We drink of thee, the fountain head.
And thirst our souls from thee to fill.

8 Our restless spirits yearn for thee.
Where'er our changeful lot is cast ;
Glad, when thy gracious smile we see.
Blest, when our faith can hold thee fast.

4 O Jesus, ever with us stay I

Make a]l our moments calm and bright I
Chase the dark night of sin away.
Shed o'er the world thy holy light 1

MEUBEBSHXP AND OBDINAKCEB. 437

g5g 7'8 M. 0. Wasm.

Cte Aatinons of Sbibe.

LORD I subdue our selfish will :
Each to each our tempera suit,
By thy modulating skill,

Heart to heart, as lute to lute.

2 Sweetly on our spirits move ;

Gently touch die trembling strings ;
Make the harmony of love.
Music for the King of kings I

557 ^ ^ Doi>i>si])0&

S&ootn at t^t EoYli*8 CalAe.

MILLIONS of souls, in glory noW|
Were fixl and feasted here ;
And millions more, still on the way,
Around the board appear.

2 Yet is his house and heart so large

That millions more may come :
Nor could the whole assembled world
O'er fill the spacious room.

3 All things are ready ; come away,

Nor weak excuses frame ;
Crowd to your places at the feast,
And bless the Founder's name.

g58 8 & 7*8 M. Anoktmous.

Besfres alter ^t^rfstfan C^teTrfence.

^ROM the table now retiring,

Which for us the Lord hath spread,

May our souls, refreshment finding,

Grow in all things like our Head.

F

438 THE CUUKCU.

2 His example by beholding,

May our lives his image bear ;

Him our Lord and Master calling,

His commands may we revere.

8 Love to Qf>d and man displaying,
Walking steadfast in his way,
Joy attend us in believing :
reace from Ood, through endless day.

^^ C. M. LUTHXRJLN COLb

Close of Communron dcrbfce*

^ITY the nations, O our Grod,
Constrain the earth to come ;
Send thv victorious word abroad.
And biing the strangers home.

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2 We long to see thy churches full.
That all thy faithful race
May with one voice, and heart, and soul.
Sing thy redeeming grace.

ggQ 0. M. S. F. Smith.

delf^Consectatfon in Saptfsm.

''HILE in this sacred rite of thine,
We yield our spirits now.
Shine o'er the waters, i)ove divine,
And seal the cheerful vow.

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2 All glory be to him whose life
For ours was freely given,
Who aids us in the spirit's strife,
And makes us meet for heaven.

BIEMBERSHIP AND ORDINANCES. 439

3 To thee we gladly now resign

Our life and all our powers ;
Accept us in this rite divine,
And bless these hallowed hours.

4 O^may we die to earth and sin.

Beneath the mystic flood ;
And when we rise, may we begin
To live anew for God.

fSittn SSa^trsm.

LET plenteous grace descend on those.
Who, hoping in thy word,
This day have solemnly declared
That Jesus is their Lord.

2 With cheerfiil feet may they advance,

And run die Christian race.
And, through the troubles of the way,
Find all-sufficient grace.

3 Lord, plant us all into thy death,

That we thy life may prove, —
Partakers of thy cross beneath.
And of thy crown above.

Ett Saiitfmn of 8 SonselHtRr.

TTNITED prayers ascend to thee,
vJ Eternal Parent of mankind I
Smile on this waiting family ;
Thy blessing let thy servants find.

440 THE CniJRCH.

2 Let the dear pledges of their love,

Like tender plants, around them grow ;
Thy present grace, and joys above,
Upon their little ones bestow*

8 Receive at their believing hand

The charge which they devote as thine.
Obedient to their Lord's command ;
And seal, with power, the rite divine.

4 To every member of their house,

Thy grace impart, thy love extend ;
Grant every good that time allows.
With heavenly joys that never end.

gg3 rs M. B0WIUN&

Infont SSaftfsm.

|ROP the limpid waters now
On the infant's sinless brow ;
Dedicate the unfolding gem
Unto Him, who blessed the stem.

D'

2 Let our aspirations be
Innocent as infancy ;

Pure the prayers that force their way.
As the child for whom we pray.

3 In the Christian garden we
Plant another Christian tree ;
Be its blossoms and its fruit
Worthy of the Christian root.

4 To that garden now we bring
Waters from the living spring ;
Bless the tree, the waters bless.
Holy One, with holiness.

IfEHBERSHIP AND ORPINAKGES. 441

5 When life's harvests all are past,
Oh, transplant the tree at last,
To the fields where flower and tree
Blossom through etemi^.

3889trsm of a CW^.

^O thee, O God, in heaven,
This little one we bring,
Giving to thee what thou hast given,
Our dearest offering.

T

2 Into a world of toil

These little feet will roam.
Where sin its purity may soil.
Where care and grief may come.

3 O, then, let thy pure love,

With influence serene,
Come down, like water, from above,
To comfort and make clean.

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665 ^ ^ ^'^ ^- Anontvoub,

Ct^IDireii coiRiRenTicti to C|)r(0t.

^AVIOUR ! who thy flock art feedmg
With the shepherd's kindest care,
All the feeble gently leading.

While the lambs thy bosom share ;
Now, these little ones receiving,

Fold them in thy gracious arm ;
There we know — thy word believing —

Only there, secure from harm.

442 THE CHUBGH.

2 Never, from thy pasture roving,

Let them be the lion's prey ;
Let thy tenderness, so loving.

Keep them all life's dangeroua way :
Then within thy fold eternal

Let them find a resting-plaoe ;
Feed in pastures ever vernal,

Drink the rivers of thy grace.

ggg S. M. J. F. Olasu

9e1ircat(oii o( CtnUveiu
nnO him who children blest,
X And suffered them to come.
To him who took them to his breast,
We bring these children home.

2 To thee, O God, whose face
Their spirits still behold,
We bring them praying that thy grace
May keep, thme arms enfold.

8 And as this water falls

On each unconscious brow,

Thy holy spirit grant, O Lord,

To keep them pure as now.

DEDICATION.

gg7 C. M. Bryant.

9eti(catton Sfimn.

, THOU, whose own vast temple stands
Built over earth and sea.
Accept the walls that human hands
Have raised to worship thee.

0

DEDICATION. 443

2 Lord, from thine inmost glory send,

Within these courts to bide,
The peace that dwelleth, without end,
Serenely by thy side.

3 IVIay erring minds that worship here

Be taught the better way,
And they who mourn, and they who fear,
Be strengthened as they pray I

4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm,

And pure devotion rise,
While round these hallowed walls the storm
Of earth-born passion dies !

668 ^- ^^' Willis.

Selifcatton Sfimn.

TIE perfect world by Adam trod.
Was the first temple, — built by God ;
His fiat laid the comer-stone.
And heaved its pillars, one by one.

2 He hung its starry roof on high, —
The broad, illimitable sky ;
He spread its pavement, green and bright,
And curtained it with mominff lis^ht.

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3 The mountains in their places stood, —
The sea, the sky, — and ** all was good :
And when its first pure praises rang,
The " morning stars together sang."

4 Lord ! 't is not ours to make the sea
And earth and sky a house for thee ;
But in thy sight our offering stands,

A humbler temple, ** made with hands.''

444 THE CHURCH.

669 L. M. Mrs. Pagb.

JBMcstXon of a ^urct*

OGOD ! ere heaven and earth were planned,
Adormg silence worsliipped thee ;
Now the vast universe doth stand
The temple of thy majesty.

2 Its walls are wrought of sapphire bright ;
Its countless spires are starry flame :
Suns on the boundless ether write
The sovereign beauty of thy name.

8 An earthly temple, by thy grace,
This day we dedicate to thee ;
Deign to make here thy dwelling*place,
O thou that fill'st immensity.

4 Fold us beneath thy sheltering wings,
As here we worship at thy shrine :
Ours be the peace thy presence brings,
The glory and the praise be thine.

670 7's K E. BL CuAPiH

ISetifcaUon of a C1)ttrc(.

FATHER, lo 1 we consecrate
Unto thee this house and shrine,
O I may Jesus visit here.
As he did in Palestine.
Here may blind eyes see his light,

Deaf ears hear liis accents sweet.
And we, like those groups of old,
Sit and linger at liis feet.

DBDIOATION. 445

2 And to learn of faith and love.

Strong in sorrow, pain and loss,
May we come and find them here,

In the garden, on the cross.
Like the spices that enfold

Him we love in rich perfume,
May our thoughts embalm him here,

While he slumbers in the tomb.

8 When we watch by shrouded hopes.

Weeping at death's marble door,
May the angels meet us here^ —

Lo 1 your Christ has gone before I
And while we stand " looking up,**

In our faith and wonder lost,
Here send down thy spirit's power,

Like the tongues of Pentecost.

671 P.M. Mrs. E. M. Babstow,

9eTifcatfon of a Ct^ttrc^.

GREAT God, our king I to thee
We come on bended knee.
Our gift to bring ;
Our suppliant prayer we raise,
That this, our house of pndse.
Accepted be.

2 And to this sacred place,
0,tum thy gracious face

By night and day ;
Here hearken to our prayers.
Here lift the heavy cares

From burdened hearts.

446 THE CHUBGH.

3 Here may the erring come ;
Here wanderers find a home

In thy great love ;
Here may the sinning bring —
Thy favorite offering —

A contrite heart.

4 Here sing the wondrous grace,
Which saves our guilty race

From sin's dark stain ;
Till in thy courts above,
Baised by redeeming love.

New songs we bring.

T

QJQ L. M. MONTOOMEBT

SUsfng of H Comer>«Stone.
pros stone to thee in faith we lay, —
We build the temple, Lord, to thee,
Thine eye be open night and day,
To keep this house from error free.

2 Here, when thy people seek thy face,
And dying sinners pray to live.
Hear thou, in heaven, thy dwelling-place.
And when thou hearcst, Lord, forgive.

8 Here, when thy messengers proclaim
The blessed gospel of thy Son,
Still by the power of his great nnme
Be mighty signs and wonders done.

4 Thy glory never hence depart I

Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone ;
Thy kingdom come to every heart ;
In eveiy bosom fix thy throne.

0'

DEDICATION. 447

673 L. M. 81. K H. Chapih.

#{icnrng of a ^^tisUan Cl^urct.

^UR Father, God ! not face to face

May mortal sense commune with thee.
Nor lift the curtains of that place

Where dwells thy secret Majesty.
Yet whereso'er our spirits bend

In rev'rend faith and humble prayer.
Thy promised blessing will descend,
And we shall find thy spirit there.

2 Lord I be the spot where now we meet

An open gateway into heaven ;
Here may we sit at Jesus' feet,

And feel our deepest sins forgiven.
Here may desponding care look up.

And sorrow lay its burden down,
Or learn of him to drink the cup.

To bear the cross, and win the crown.

3 Here may the sick and wandering soul,

To truth still blind, to sin a slave,
Find better than Bethesda's pool.

Or than SUoam's healing wave.
And may we learn, while here apart

From the world's passion and its strife,
That thy true shrine 's a loving heart.

And thy best praise a holy life I

g74 L. M. H. 0. Lbonard.

3Eleo9en(ng of a Cl^urcf^.

OTHOU I whose thought pervades all space.
Whose light illumes the earth and skies,
Within these walls reveal thy face,
And smile upon our sacrifice.

448 THE CHUBGH.

2 We give to thee this honse once more,
Improved by human art and skill ;
O, may the power of sacred lore,

And thine own love, this temple fill.

8 Through all our Sabbaths here below.
May we within this temple wait ;
And imto thee, as moments go,
Our souls divinely consecrate.

4 And when have run our life's quick sands,
And we shall reach the fane on high.
Within this temple made with hands
Our children's spirits sanctify.

ORDINATION.

575 ^* ^' Pmrpokt.

#vTi(n8tfon of h fSLlninttv.

OTHOU, who art above all height I
Our God, our Father, and our friend I
Beneath thy throne of love and Ught,
Let thine adoring children bend.

2 Since thy young servant now hath given

Himself, his powers, his hopes, his youth.
To the great cause of truth and heaven.
Be thou his guide, O God of truth I

3 Here may his doctrine drop like rain.

His speech like Hermon's dew distil.

Till green fields smile, and golden gndn,

Bipe for the harvest, waits thy will.

OBDIKATION. 449

And when he sinks in death, — by care,
Or pain, or toil, or years oppressed, —

O God ! remember then om* prayer,
And take his spirit to thj rest.

676 ^'^ H. baoov.

•rTirnatron.

TyrOT for the prophet tongue of fire,
-L 1 Nor voice of trumpet tone,
We lift our prayer. Immortal Sire,
For him before diy throne.

2 We ask for wisdom's gifts and grace,

The heart alive to love,
The earnest zeal to save our race.
All selfish aims above.

3 Lord bless him now I by holy rite.

We consecrate to thee I
Make to his eye the chief delight
Christ's prospering work to see.

4 Bold let him be for truth and man.

For God and righteousness t
Free let him speak the gospel plan,
And the whole truth confess.

5 Be cloud and fire about his way.

Till Canaan's land is trod I
Then o'er hia grave thy church shall say.
He led us to our God I

450 THE CHUBGH.

677 8, 7.&4'8M. KILOHA^nr.

FATHER I at this altar bending,
Set our hearts from world-thoughts free ;
Prayer and praise their incense blending.
May our rites accepted be :

Father, hear us,
Gently draw our souls to thee

2 Deign to smile upon this union
Of a pastor and a flock ;
Sweet and blest be their communion :
May he sacred truths unlock, —

And this people
Plant their feet on Christ the Bock.

8 Be his life a living sermon,

Be his thoughts one ceaseless prayer :
Like the dews that fell on Hermon,
Making green the foliage there,

May his teachings
Drop on souls beneath his care.

4 Here may sm repent its straying.

Here may grief forget to weep,
Here may hope, its light displaying.
And blest faith, their vigils keep.

And the dying
Pass from hence in Girist to sleep.

5 When his heart shall cease its motion,

AU its toils and conflicts o'er :
When they for an unseen ocean.
One by one, shall leave the diore ;

Pastor, people, there — in heaven,
May they meet to part no more.

OBDINATION. 451

g7S L. M. Mbs. L. C. Mtbiok.

^rTifnatfon JQj^n.

XTTTTH willing feet thy servant stands,

T T Dear Lord, within thy vineyard's gate.
He fain would join the laboring bands ;
Help him to work, and watch, and wait.

2 Grant him thy grace, that he may see

The truth with pure, far-reachmg sight.
And give it utterance, calm and free,
Fearless forever for the right.

3 Move him that he may others move ;

Bless him that he may others bless ;
Crown him with self-forgetting love.
And clothe him with thy righteousness.

4 The winter of delay is gone.

The spring-time's promised bloom is near ;
Make beautiful, O blessed One !
The footsteps of thy messenger.

^79 ^- ^ ^IBB L. T. GABWXLb

•tTKnatron.

AM the way, the truth, the life,^
Our blessed Master said ;
And whoso to the Father comes,
Must in my pathway tread.

I

2 A way it is, not hedged with forms,
A truth, too large for creeds,
A life, indwelling, deep and broad,
That meets the soul's great needs*

452 TEUB CHURCH.

3 To point that liying way, to speak

That truth ** which makes men free,"
To bring that quickening life from heaven.
Is highest ministry.

4 God ^ve thee so to teach and lead.

Our brother in the faith I
God give thee to be strong and true.
And steadfast xmto death.

680 L- M. H. War]^ Jb.

•vTifnatTon ov InstalUtfon*

OTHOU, who on thy chosen Son
Didst send thy spirit like a dove.
To mark the long-expected one,
And seal the messenger of love ;

2 And when the heralds of his name

Went forth his glorious truth to spread.
Didst send it down in tongues of flame
To hallow each devoted head ;

8 So, Lord, thy servant now inspire
With holy unction from above ;
Give him the tongue of living fire,
Give him the temper of the dove.

4 Lord, hear thy suppliant church to-day ;
Accept our work, our souls possess ;
'T is ours to labor, watch, and pray ;
Be thine to cheer, sustain, and bless.

INSTALLATION. 453

INSTALLATION.

QQ\ L. M. MOHTOOlfKBT.

a Ssstov WelcomeTi.

T1TE bid thee welcome in the name
W Of Jesas, our exalted Head ;
Ck>me as a servant ; so he came ;
And we receive thee in his stead.

2 Come as an angel, hence to guide

A band of pilgrims on their way ;
That, safely walUng at thy side,
We never faU, nor faint, nor stray.

3 G)me as a teacher sent from God,

Charged his whole counsel to declare ;
Lift o*er our ranks the prophet's rod,
While we uphold his hands with prayer.

4 Come as a messenger of peace.

Filled with the spirit, fired with love ;
Live to behold our large increase,
And die to meet us all above.

g82 I'- M. G. T. PULNDBBa

IiurtaUatfon of « §tLinMtx.

rpHE harvest-fields are broad and white,
A And ready for the reaper's hand,
Within the realm of fading night
The heralds of the morning stand.

454 THE OHUBOH.

2 The gardens blush with fragrant flowers.

Whence is the gardener's long delay?
He comes with morning's rosy hours
And joins us in our joy to-day.

3 The reaper where the harvest shines ;

The gard'ner with his floral crown ;
The dr^ser midst the purple vines :
Father, install him as thine own.

4 His heart, and mind, and voice, inspire

With truth and wisdom from above ;
Give to his speech angelic fire :
Breathe o'er his spirit perfect love.

5 Great Shepherd, may he lead thy sheep

Through pastures ever green and fair.
To worship at Messiah's feet,

And dwell with God, the Father, there.

683 ^^ c. H- fai

SitBtHllHtCon.

ANOTHER pastor hast thou given.
Our Father, to this flock of thine.
To feed them with the bread of heaven,
And guide them to the life divine.

2 O, make him here we humbly pray,
So faithful to the trust he bears,
That from his fold no lamb may stray,
Or &J1 within the tempter's snares.

INSTALLATION. 455

3 And when the dying need his aid.

Then may he speak those truths sublimey
Which lift from death its fearful shade,
And ope to view yon better dime.

4 Where death has been, in homes of grief,

And sorrow's lowest depths are stirred ;
There may he offer sweet relief,

Through Christ, the life and living word.

5 Here may he labor while 'tis day,

That when night's gloom comes deep'ning on^
Like his loved Master, he may say.
The work thou gavest me is done.

gg4 8 & 6*8 M. S. F. SxrcE.

3Benefft9 of t^e JVCnCstrs.

BLEST is the hour when cares depart.
And earthly scenes are far, —
When tears of woe forget to start.
And gently dawns upon the heart
Devotion's holy star.

2 Blest is the place where angels bend
To hear our worship rise,
Where kindred thoughts their musings blend.
And all the soul's affections tend
Beyond the veiling skies.

8 Blest are the hallowed vows that bind
Man to his work of love, —
Bind him to cheer the humble mind.
Console the weeping, lead the blind,
And guide to joys above.

456 THE CHUBCH.

4 Sweet shall the song of gloiy swell.
Spirit divine, to thee,
When they whose work is finished well,
In thy own courts of rest shall dwell,
Blest through eternity.

ASSOCIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS.

685 ^ M. H. Balloit.

01 an filnnual Conbmtfoti*

DEAB Lord, behold thy servants, here.
From various parts, together meet.
To tell their labors through the year.
And lay the harvest at thy feet.

2 In thy wide fields and vineyards, Lord,

We Ve toiled and wrought with watchfiil cars i
Thy wheat hath flourished by thy word.
Thy love consumed the choking tare.

8 The reapers cry, " Thy fields are white.
All ready to be gathered in.
And harvests wave, in changing light.
Far aj3 the eye can trace tibe scene.**

4 Lord, bless us while we here remain ;

With holy love our bosoms fill ;
0,may thy doctrine drop like rain.
And like the silent dew distil.

5 While we attend thy churches' care,

O, grant us wisdom from above ;
With prudent thought and humble prayeTy
May we fulfil the works of love.

ASSOaATIONS AND COMVENTIONS. 457

686 ^- ^' LteaGath.

0roli at WBnxt Xn ^Xs SfSLXnXstxjgi.

I_0D'S glory is a wondrous thing,
Most strange in all its ways,
And, of all things on earth, least like
What men agree to praise.

G*

2 O bless'd is, he to whom is given

The instinct that can tell
That God is on the field when he
Is most invisible I

3 Workmen of God 1 O lose not heart.

But learn what Grod is like ;
And in the darkest battle-field
Thou shalt know where to strike.

4 And bless'd is he who can divine

Where real right doth lie,
And dares to take the side that seems
Wrong to man's blindfold eye I

5 O, leam to scorn the praise of man I

O, learn to lose with God !
For Jesus won the world through shame»
And beckons thee his road.

QS'Y L. M. MONTQOMXBT.

Jtteetfng of fSLinXtttetn.

POUR out thy spirit from on high ;
Lord I thine assembled servants bless ;
Graces and gifts to each supply,

And clothe thy priests with righteousness.

458 THE CHURCH.

2 Within thy temple where we stand,

To teach the truth as taught by thee.
Saviour I like stars in thy right hand.
The angels of the churches be I

3 Wisdom and zeal and faith impart, .

Firmness with meekness from above.
To bear thy people on our heart,

And love the souls whom thou dost love : —

4 To watch and pray, and never fiunt ;

By day and night strict guard to keep ;
To warn the sinner, cheer the s£unt,
Nourish thy lambs, and feed thy sheep.

5 Then, when our work is finished here.

In humble hope, our charge resign ;

When the chief Shepherd shall appear,

O God I may they and we be thine.

688 ^*«*^- H.K.WnraL

Cloflifiig IQa^mn at an Stssocfatfon.

CHRISTIANS I bretliren ! ere we part.
Every voice and every heart
Join, and to our Father raise
One last hymn of grateful praise.

2 Though we here should meet no more,
Yet there is a brighter shore ;
There, released from toil and pain,
There we all may meet again.

3 Now to him who reigns in heaven
Be eternal glory given ;
Grateful for thy love divine,

O, may all our hearts be thine I

00N7£B£NCE. 459

CONFERENCE.

gg9 0. M. Sblxot HniHB

•fenlng of a Confecence lVeet(ng.

XTTTTHIN these doors assembled now,
' T T We wait thy blessing, Lord 1

Appear within the midst, we pray,
According to thy word.

2 May some sweet promise be applied,

When we attempt to read :
For this alone can give support
In eveiy time of need*

3 O9 breathe upon our lifekss souls.

And raise each drooping heart I
That we may see thy smiling face
Before we hence depart*

4 And now, O blessed Spirit, come I

We long to see thee move ;
Strengthen our faith, revive our zeal,
And fill us all widi love.

g90 8 & 7*8 M. J. Tatlob.

Zi9 Jfount of SSIrssfng.

j^AB from mortal cares retreating,

Sordid hopes, and vain desires,

Here our willing footsteps meeting.

Every heart to heaven aspires.

F

2 From the fount of glory beaming.
Light celestial cheers our eyes,
Mercy from above proclaiming
Peace and pardon from the skies.

460 THE OHUBOH.

3 Who may shore this great salvation?
Every pare and humble mind.
Every kindred, tongi^e, and nation.
From the stains of guilt refined.

A Blessings all around bestowing,

God withholds his care &om none,
Grange and mercy ever flowing
From the foimtidn of his throne.

69X S. K WAm

Wotsltp of €M. 99. pclL

COME, sound his praise abroad.
And hymns of gloiy sing ;
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal king.

2 He formed the deeps imknown ;

He gave the seas their bound ;
The watery worlds are all his own.
And all the solid ground.

3 Come, worship at his throne ;

Come, bow before the Lord :
We are his work, and not our 0¥m ;
He formed us by his word.

4 To-day attend his voice.

Nor dare provoke his rod ;
Come like the people of his choice
And own your gracious God.

.eONTBBEKCIb 461

692 I^ M. SVOWBU..

S)e JKetcjMaeiKt
j^ROM every stormy wind that blows,
From every swdling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat ;
T is found before the mercy-seat.

F

2 There is a plac^ where Jesus sheds
The oil of gladness on our heads, —
A plice of all on earth most sweet ;
It is the heavenly mercy-seat.

3 There is a scene where spirits blend,
Where friend holds fellowship with fiiend ;
Though sundered far, by faith they meet
Around one common mercy-seat.

4 There, there, on eagle wings we soar, .
And sin and sense molest no more ;

And heaven comes down our souls to greet,
And glory crowns the mercy-seat.

g93 8 & 7*8 M. BOBIHflOR.

JSetcfes uratefttUs iSlcitnotoletyseli.

COME, thou Fount of every blessing.
Tune my heart to sing thy grace ;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing.
Call for songs of loudest praise.

2 Teach me some melodious measure.
Sung by raptured saints above ;
Fill my soul with sacred pleasure,
While I sing redeeming love.

462 THE OHCBGB*

8 By thy hand sustained, defended^

Safe through life, thus far, I've come ;
Safelj, Lord, when life is ended,
Bring me to my heavenly home.

694 L. M. 6L Hnn
aeekfnfl S&efitge. ,

FORTH from the dark and stormy sky.
Lord, to thine altar^s shade we fly ;
Forth from the world, its hope and fear.
Father, we seek thy shelter here :
Weary and weak, thy grace we pray ;
Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away.

2 Long have we roamed in want and pain.
Long have we sought thy rest in vain ;
Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost,
Long have our souls been tempest-tost :
Low at thy feet our sins we lay ;
Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away.

695 ^' ^ ^- ^ ^ Thomas.

S^en of 34»be.
TTO W sweet to reflect on the joys that await

'In yon blissful region, the haven of rest I
Where glorified spirits with welcome shall greet
us,
And lead us to mansions pr^Mored for the blest I
Encircled with light, and with glory enshrouded,
Our happiness perfect, our mind's sky unclouded,
We 'U bathe in the ocean of pleasure unbounded.
And range with delight through the Eden of
love.

CONF£B£NGE. 463

2 While legions angelic, with harps tuned celestial,

Harmonioosly join iu the concert of praise,
The saints, as they come from the regions terres-
trial,
In loud hallelujahs their voices will raise.
Then songs to the Lamb shall re-echo through

heaven ;
Our souls will respond, to Enmianuel be given
All glory, all honor, all ought and dominion,
Who brought us through grace to the Eden of
love.

3 Then hail, blessed state, hail, ye seraphs of glory,

Ye angels of light, we '11 soon meet you above,
And join your full choir in rehearsing the story.

Salvation from sorrow through ransoming love I
Though prisoned in earth, yet by anticipation.
Already our souls feel a sweet prelibation
Of joys that await us, the joys of salvation,

Eeserved for mankind in tlie Eden of love I

596 ^^'^- Anontmotts.

fSlt JQome toCtl) Slesus.
'liyriD scenes of confusion, and creature com-
xTL plaints.

How sweet to my soul is conununion with saints ;
To find at the banquet of mercy there 's room.
And feel in the presence of Jesus at home.

Home, home, sweet, sweet home ;
Prepare me, dear Saviour, for glory, my home.

2 While here in the valley of conflict I stay,
0,give me submission and strength as my day;
In all my afflictions to thee would I come,
Bejoicing in hope of my glorious home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home, etc.

464 THE CUUUCH.

3 Whate'er thou denieet, O give me thy grace.

The spirii's sure witness, and smiles on thy face,

Endue me with patience until thou shalt come.

And bless me, while here, with a foretaste of

home.

Home, home, sweet, sweet home, etc.

z I long, dearest Lord, in thy beauties to shine ;
No more as an exile in sorrow to pine ;
And in thy dear image arise from the tomb,
With glorified millions to praise thee at home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home, etc.

(597 0. M. Watts.

Extvimflb in ^t BLnnvLvantt of Mtn^teru

WHEN I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.

2 Should earth against my soul engage.

And hellish darts be hurled,

Then I can smile on Satan's rage,

And face a frowning world.

3 Let cares, like a wild deluge, come.

And storms of sorrow feJl ;
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all.

4 There shall I bathe my weary soul

In seas of heavenly rest ;
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.

T

pOKF£^t£^GB» 465

698 <^-^- BaBTOS.

S])e JBtulf.

[^HE dead are like the stars bj day,
Withdrawn from mortal eye, "
Yet holding unperceived their way
Through the unclouded sky.

2 By them, through holy hope and love^
We feei, in hours serene,

Connected with a world above,
Immortal and unseen.

3 For death his sacred seal hath set
On bright and bygone hours ;

And they we mourn are with us yet,
Are more than ever ours ; —

4 Ours, by the pledge of love and faiih.
By hopes of heaven on high ;

By trust, triumphant over death,
In immortality.

699 C. M. SUTTOH.

Cl^rrstCan ^Qope.

HAIL, sweetest, dearest tie, that binds
Our glowing hearts in one I
Hail, sacred hope I that tunes our minds
To sing what Grod hath done.

2 What though the northern wint'ry blast
Shall howl around our cot ;
What though beneath an eastern sun
Be cast our distant lot ;
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466 THE CUUHCU.

3 No lingering look, no parting sigh.

Our Aiture meeting knows ;
There friendship beams from eirery ejre»
And love immortal glows.

4 O sacred hope I O bUssfuI hope I

Which Jesus' grace has given, —
The hope, when days and years are pasi.
We all shall meet in heaven.

700 Q & 7'a. Amok.

6fentl9 lean «f .

GENTLY, Lord, O gently lead us
Through this lowly vale of tears.
And, O Lord, in mercy give us
Thy rich grace in all our fears.

O refiresh us, O refresh us, —
O refresh us with thy grace.

2 Though ten thousand ills beset us,

From without and from within,
Jesus says he 'U ne'er forget us,
He will save from every sin.

Therefore praise him —
IVaise the great Hedeemer's name.

3 Though distresses now attend thee,

And thou tread'st the thorny road ;
His right hand shall still defend thee ;
Soon he '11 bring thee home to Ood I

Therefore praise him —
Praise the great Redeemer's name.

COKFEUENCE. 467

701 0. M. Watts.

10]VfE, let lis join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne ;
Ten thousand thousand ore their tongueSf
But all their jojs are one.

c

2 " Worthy the Lamb that died,** they cry,

•« To be exalted thus ; " ^

*« Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
" For he was slain for us.**

3 Jesus is worthy to receive

Honor and power divine ;
And blessings, more than we can give,
Be, Lord, forever thine.

O'

702 ^-^ aWfiSLK.

|H 1 how happy are they
Who the Saviour obey,
And have laid up their treasures above I
Ojwhat tongue can express
The sweet comfort and peace
Of a soul in its earliest love I

2 It was heaven below

My Bedeemer to know I
And the angels could do nothing more,

Than to fall at his feet,

And the story repeat,
And the lover of sinners adore.

468 THE CHUBCH.

8 O, the rapturous height

Of that holy delight,
Which I felt in the life-giving blood I

Of my Saviour possessM,

I was perfectly blest,
Afi if filled with the fulness of God.

4 Jesus all the day long
Was my joy and my song ;

Was redemption through faith in his name ;
O that all might believe,
And salvation receive.

And their song and their joy be the same.

703 L. M. Watml

Xtettrement from t|)e OToTlti.

FAR from my thoughts, vain world I be gone.
Let my religious hours alone :
Fain would mine eyes my Saviour see ;
I wait a visit, Lord I firom tliee.

2 My heart grows warm with holy fire.
And kindles with a pure desire ;
Come, my dear Jesus 1 from above,
And feed my soul with heavenly love.

3 Hail, great Immanuel, fdl-divine I
In thee thy Father's glories shine :
Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest One,
That eyes have seen, or angels known I

C027FEBENGE. 469

704 ® '^ 7'« ^ H^*^-

Slesff 1188 of ClrfBt.

COME, thou long-expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people free,
From our fears and sins release us ;

Let us find our rest in thee :
Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all our souls thou art ;
Dear desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.

2 Bom thy people to deliver.

Bom a child and yet a king ;
Bom to reign in us forever.

Now thy precious kingdom bring :
By thine own eternal spirit,

Bule in all our hearts alone ;
By thine all-sufficient merit,

Baise us to thy glorious throne.

705 0. M. Has. Bbowh.

Secret Sra^er*

I LOVE to steal awhile away
From every ciunbering care.
And spend the hours of setting day
In humble, grateful prayer.

2 I love to think on mercies past, *
And future good implore,
And all my cares and sorrows cast
On Him whom I adore.

470 THE CHURCH.

8 I love by faith to take a view
Of brighter scenes in heaven ;
The prospect doth my strength renew,
Willie here by tempests driven.

4 Thus, when life's toilsome day is o'er.
May its departing ray
Be calm as this impressive hour,
And lead to endless day.'

706 7'8 M. J. F. Olaeu

BROTHER, hast thou wandered Bar
From thy Father's h^ppy home.
With thyself and Grod at war?

Turn thee, brother, homeward oome I

2 Hast thou wasted all thy powers

Grod for noble uses gave?
Squandered life's most golden hours I
Turn thee, brother, God can save I

3 Is a mighty famine now

In thy heart and in thy soul?
Discontent upon thy brow?

Turn thee, GKxl will make thee whole I

4 He can heal thy bitterest wound.

He thy gentlest prayer can hear ;
Seek him, for he may be found ;
Call upon him ; he. is near.

I
j

Occassional*

FAST AND THANKSQjy.gG.
707 L. M. Dtbb.

GREAT Framer of unnumbered worlds,
And whom unnumberod worlds adore I
Whose goodness all thy creatures share,
While nature trembles at thy power, -—

2 Thine is the hand that moves the spheres,

That wakes the wind, and lifts the sea ;
And man, who moves the lord of earth,
Acts but the part assigned by thee.

3 Whil6 suppliant crowds implore thine aid,

To thee we raise the humble cry ;
Thine altar is the contrite heart.
Thine incense a repentant sigh.

4 This day we deeply mourn our sins.

Confess thy power, and bless thy rod ;
0,let us know thy pardoning love.
And find in thee a guardian God.

472 OCCASIONAL.

708 11 & 8*8 M. MONTOOMXRT.

Call to Sl)ank8]|(b(na anH 9taf«e.

BE joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth,
Oy serve hiin with gladness and fear ;
Exult in his presence with music and mirth,
With love and devotion draw near,

2 Jehovah is Grod, and Jehovah alone,

Creator and ruler o'er all ;
And we are his people, his sceptre we own ;
His sheep, and we follow his call.

3 O, enter his gates with thanksgiving and song ;

Your vows in his temple proclaim ;
His praise with melodious accordance prolongi
And bless his adorable name.

4 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good,

And we are the work of his hand ;
His mercy and truth from eternity stood.
And shall to eternity stand.

709 L. M. Fliht.

«« OTe tube a goolilar ^Qerftage/*

IN pleasant lands have fallen the lines
That bound our goodly heritage,
And safe beneath our sheltering vines
Our youth is blest, and soothed our age.

2 What thanks, O God, to thee are due,
That thou didst plant our fathers here :
And watch and guard thorn as they grew,
A vineyard, to the planter dear.

FAST AND THANKSGIVING^ 473

3 The toils they bore, our ease have wrought ;

They sowed in tears — in joy we reap ;
The birthright they so dearly bought

We 'U guard till we with them shall sleep.

4 Thy kindness to our fathers shown,

In weal and woe through aU the past.
Their grateful sons, O God, shall own,
While here their name and race shall last.

71Q L.M. Whitti«b.

HOLY Father ! just and true
Are all thy works, and words, and ways j
And unto thee alone are due
Thanksgiving and eternal praise.

o

2 As children of thy gracious care,

We veil the eye, we bend the knee ;

With broken words of praise and prayer,

Father and God, we come to thee.

3 The laborer sits beneath his vine ;

The soul is glad, the hand is free.
Thanksgiving 1 for the work is ihine '
Praise, for the blessing is of thee I

711 li. M. Pbbsb. Coll.

CBfoH acitnotolftigeli in >fat(0Tuil 3BleBstiifl9.

THY name we bless, almighty God,
For all the kindness thou hast shown
To this fair land the pilgrims trod, —
This land we fondly call our own.

474 OOCASIONAL.

2 Here fSreedom spreads her banner wide,

And casts her soft and hallowed ray ;
Here thoa our fathers' steps didst guide
In safety through their dangerous way.

3 We praise thee that the gospel's light

Throuo;h all our land its radiance sheds,
Dispels the shades of error's night,

And heavenly blessings round us spreads.

4 Grreat God, preserve us in thy fear ;

In dangers still our guardian be ;
O, spread thy truth's bright precepts here ;
Let all the people worship thee.

712 a M. wattb.

Ztt W&oxttt of SoU tecount^lr to ^osterft^.

LET children hear the mighty deeds.
Which Grod performed of old ;
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.

2 He bids us make his glories known, —

His work of power and grace ;
And we '11 convey his wonders down.
Through every rising race.

3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons,

And they again to theirs,
That generations yet unborn.
May teach them to their heirs.

FAST AND THANKSGIVING. 475

Thus shall they learn, in God alone

Their hope securely stands ;
That they may ne'er forget his works.

But practise his commands.

>^23 7*8 M. Habtvobb GOLb

^WELL the anthem, raise the song ;
Praises to our God belong ;
Saints and angels I join to sing
Praises to the heavenly King.

s^

2 Blessings from his liberal hand
Flow around this happy land ,
Guarded by his watchful eye
Peace and freedom we enjoy.

3 Here, beneath a virtuous sway.
May we cheerfully obey,
Never feel oppression's rod,
Ever own and worship God.

4 Hark I (he voice of nature sings
Praises to the King of kings ;
Let us join the choral song,
And the grateful notes prolong.

714 L. IL 6 L KiPFis.

Sj^anltsantfiifl for Xatfonal 9tos|ier(ts.
""OW rich thy gifts, almighty King I
L. From thee our public blessings spring :
The extended trade, the fruitful skiea»
The treasures liberty bestows.
The eternal joys the gospels shows, — •
All from tiiy bouudless goodness rise.

IV

476 OOOASIONAL.

2 With grateful hearts, with jojrful tongues,
To God we raise uaited soq^ ;

Here still may God in mercy reign ;
Crown oar just counsels with success,
With peace and joy our borders bless,

And all our sacred rights maintain.

^\^ 8 & 7'S M, ANONTMOUfii

Xatfonal EV^ntvgjMna anH Wv^sn.

LORD of heaven, and earth, and ocean,
Hear us from thy bright abode,
Wliile our hearts with deep devotion.
Own their great and gracious God :
Now with joy we come before thee ;
Seek thy fEuse, thy mercies sing :
Lord of life, and light, and glory,

Guard thy church, thou heavenly King.

2 Health, and every needful blessing.

Are thy bounteous gifts alone ;
Comforts undeserved possessing.

Here we bend before thy throne :
Thee, with humble adoration,

Lord, we praise for mercies past ;
Still to this most favored nation

May those mercies ever last.

SEASONS AND ANNUAL OCCASIONS,

'2\Q L. M. Heoinbothax.

Sjfte 6roti of tte Seasons.

GREAT God ! let all our tuneful powers
Awake and sing thy mighty name ;
Thy hand rolls on our circling hours,
. The hand from which our being came.

SEASONS AND ANNUAL OCCASIONS. 477

2 Seasons and moons revolving round

In beauteous order, «peak thy praise,
And years witb smiliiig mercy crowned,
To thee successive 'h^pors raise.

3 Each changing season on our souls

Its sweetest, kindest influence sheds ;
And ^very period, as it rolls.

Showers countless blessings on our heads.

4 Our lives, our health, our friends, we owe

All to thy vast, imbounded love ;
Ten thousand precious gifts below,
And hopes of nobler joys above.

717 C. M. Watts.

Ste Seasons of t)e ¥ear.

, nn IS by thy strength the mountains stand,

JL God of eternal power I
The sea grows calm at thy command ; .

And tempqsts cease to roar.

2 Thy morning light and evening shade

Successive comforts bring ;
Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,
Thy flowers adorn the spring.

3 Seasons and times, and moons and hours.

Heaven, earth, and air are thine ;
When clouds distil in fruitful showers,
The author is divine.

4 Those wandering cisterns in the sky,

Borne by the winds around.
With watery treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.

478 OCCASIONAL.

7X8 7*8 M. Mas. Babbauldw

€M^B CEriM)i«ti8 in V^B dounniji.

PRAISE to God, immortal praise.
For the love that crowns our days ;
' Bounteous source of every joy,
Let thy praise our tongues employ :

2 For the flocks spread o'er the plain,
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain.
Clouds that drop their fattening dews.
Suns that temperate warmth diffiise ;

3 All that spring, with bounteous hand,
Scatters o'er the smiling land ;

All that liberal autumn pours
From her rich o'erflowing stores ; —

4 These to thee, our God, we owe.
Source whence all our blessings flow ;
And for these our souls sluvU raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.

y ][9 7's M. Anna L. WAUNa

Sfre entereH 'S'ear.

SUNLIGHT of the heavenly day,
Mighty to revive and cheer,
Bless our yet untrodden way.

Lead us through the entered year.

2 Open thou beneath our tread

Springs the distance could not show ;
From the holy fountain-head
Let them rise where'er we go.

SEASONS AND ANNUAL OCCASIONS. 479

3 Teach us, as we pass along

In the shining of thy face.
Many a sweet thanksgiving-song.
Even in the dreary place.

4 Bold in thy protecting care,

Through the desert or the sea,
Sure to prove thee faithM there,
On I to reign in life with thee.

w

720 ^'^ ^- NiwTom

W^ ¥eav*s 9^9.
{JUILEf with ceaseless course, the sun
Hasted through the former year,
IVIany souls their race have run,
Never more to meet us here :
Fixed in an eternal state,

They have done with all below :
We a little longer wait,

But how little none can know.

2 As the winged arrow flies.
Speedily the mark to find,

As the lightning from the skies

Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; —

Swiftly thus our fleeting days
Bear us down life's rapid stream :

Upward, Lord, our spirits raise ;
All below is but a dream.

3 Thanks for mercies past receive ;
Pardon of our sins renew ;

Teach us henceforth how to live,
With eternity in view ;

480 OCX3ASIONAL.

Bless thy word to old and young ;

Fill us with a Saviour's love :
When our life's short race is run,

May we dwell with thee ahove.

721 11 & 6'8 M. a WssLBi.

COME, let us anew
Our journey pursue,
Boll round with the year.
And never stand still till the Master appear ;
His adorable will
Let us gladly fulfil.
And our talents improve,
By the patience of hope and the labor of love.

2 Our life is a dream ;
Our time as a stream.
Glides swiftly away,

And the fugitive moment refuses to stay :
Oh I that each, from his Lord,
May receive the glad word, —
« Well and faithfully done I

Enter into my joy and sit down on my throne I "

75^2 7*8 ^ ANOMTMO08.

S|»e#lfiAtof Sfme.
rpiME by moments steals away,
X First the hour, and then the day ;
Small the daily loss appears.
Yet it soon amounts to years.

SEASONS AND ANNUAL OOGASIONS. 481

2 Thns another year is flown ;
Now it is no more our own,
If it brought or promised good,
Than the years before the flood.

8 But may none of us forget
It has left us much in debt ;
Who can tell the vast amount
Placed to every one's account I

4 Favors from the Lord received,
Sins that have his spirit grieved,
Marked by an unerring hand,
In his book recorded stand.

5 If we see another year,

May thy blessings meet us here ;

Sun of righteousness, arise.

Warm our hearts and bless our eyes I

723 ^ ^ DOSDBZDGB,

191 fiong tor t^e oiienftig ¥e8r.

GREAT God I we sing that mighty hand,
By which support^ still we stand ;
The opening year thy mercy shows, —
Let mercy crown it till it close.

2 By day, by night, — at home, abroad.
Still we are guarded by our God ;
By his incessant bounty fed.
By his unerring counsel led.
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482 OCOAttONAIi.

3 With grateful hearts, the past we own ;
The future — all to us unknown —
We to thy guardian care commit.
And peaoeM leave before thj feet.

4 In scenes esialted or depressed,

Be thou our joj, and thou our rest ;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise.
Adored, through all our changing days.

6 When death shall close our earthly songs.
And seal, in silence, mortal tongues.
Our helper, God, in whom we trust.
Shall keep our souls, and guard our dust.

724 0. M. Stieia

Sprffiff.

WHEN verdure clothes the fertile vale,
And blossoms deck the spray,
And fragrance breathes in every gale.
How sweet the vernal day 1

5 Hark I how die feathered warblers sing I

T is nature's cheerful voice ;

Soft music hails the lovely spring,

And woods and fields rejoice.

3 O God of nature and of grace.

Thy heavenly gifts impart ;
Then shall my meditation trace
Spring, blooming in my heart.

4 Inspired to praise, I then shall join

Glad nature's cheerfid song,
And love and gratitude divine
Attune my joyful tongue.

SEASONS AKB AmnXAL OCCASIONS. 488

725 ^' ^ Dooobidok

SStetreemCng t1»e Sfme.
I^OD of eternity ! from thee

Did infant Time its being draw ;
Momenta and days, and months, and jea^i
Revolve by thine unvaried law.

G'

2 Silent and swift they glide away ;

Steady and strong the current flows,
IfOfit in Eternity's wide sea,

The boundless gulf whence it arose*

3 With it the Aoughtless sons of men

Before the rapid stream are borne
On to their everlasting home,

Whence not one soul can e'er retom.

4 Great Source of wisdom ! teach our hearts

To know the price of every hour,
That Time may bear us on to joys
Beyond its measure and its power.

R'

726 L. M. TsimYsoH.

^ING out, wild bells, to the wild sky.

The flying cloud, the firosty light ;
The ye^ is dying to the night ;
Ring out wild bells, and let him die.

2 Ring out the old, ring in the new ;
Ring, happy bells, across the snow ;
The year is going ; let him go ;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

484 O00A8IOKAL.

3 Ring out the grief that saps the mind.

For those that here we see no more ;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor ;
Ring in redress to all mankind.

4 IKng out a slowly dying cause,

And ancient forms of party strife ;
Ring in the nobler mcdes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

5 Ring out false pride in place and blood,

The civic slander and the spite ;
Ring in the love of truth and right.
Ring in the common love of good.

6 Ring in the valiant man and free,

The larger heart, the kindlier hand ;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.

727 C. M. Has. Miuia.

&ViVXVXtVm

rOBLE earth, all light and loveliness,
X. In summer's golden hours,
Shines, in her bridal vesture clad,

And crowned with festal flowers, —
So radiantly beautiful.

So like to heaven above,
We scarce can deem more fiiir that world

Of perfect bliss and love.

2 Is this a shadow faint and dim
Of that which is to come ?
What shall the unveiled splendor be,
Of our celestial home,

SEASONS AND ANNUAL OGOASIONS. 485

Where waves the glorious tree of life.
Where streams of bliss gush free»

And all is glowing in the li^t
Of immortalitj?

728 ^' ^- WnimiB.

rpHE snow-plumed angel of the Nordi
X Has dropped his icy spear ;
Again the mossy earth Iooks forth,
Again the streams gush clear.

2 " Bear up, O mother nature I " crjr

Bird, breeze, and streamlet free ;
Our winter voices prophesy
Of summer days to thee.

3 So in these winters of the soul,

• By bitter blasts and drear .
O'erswept from memory's frozen pole,
Will sunny days appear.

4 The night is mother of the day,

The winter of the spring,
And ever upon old decay,
The greenest mosses cling.

5 Behind the cloud the starlight lurks.

Through showers the sunbeams fiedl ;
For God, who loveth all his works.
Has left his hope for all.

4B6 OOCUSIONAL*

729 ^ ^' D0]I9BI]>0&

ETERNAL Source of every joy I
Well may thy praise our 1^ employ,
Whfle in thy temple, we appear,
Whose goodness croyrns the circling year.

2 The flowery spring, at thy command,
Embalms die air and paints the land ;
The summer rays, with vigor, shine
To raise the com, and cheer die vine.

3 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours.
Through all our coasts, redundant stores ;
And winters softened by thy care.

No more a face of horror wear.

4 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days.
Demand successive songs of praise ;

Still be the cheerful homage paid.
With morping light and evening shade.

NATIONAL HYMNS.

730 6 & 4's M. 8. F. Smith.

>fat(onal A^mn.

[Y country, 't is of thee.
Sweet land of liberty,
Of th^ I sing ;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride.
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.

w

NATIONAL HYMNS. 487

2 My native countiy , thee —
Land of the noble, free —

Thy name I love ;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills :
My heart with rapture thrills

Like that above.

3 Our fathers' God, to thee.
Author of liberty.

To thee we sing :
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light ;
Protect us by thy might,

Great God, our King*

Q'

■731 6 & 4's M. Anontmoub.

Zlt same.

LOD bless our native land I

Firm may she ever stand,
Through storm and night :
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of winds and wave,
Do thou our country save.
By thy great might.

For her our prayer shall rise
T6 Gt)d above die skies I

On him we wait ;
Thou who hast heard each sigh,
Watching each weeping eye.
Be thou forever nigh ; —

God save the State !

488 OCCASIONAL.

732 P- M. MooRi.

§BLlxUm*B S^ns,

SOUND the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea,
Jehovah has triumphed, hia people are free.
Sin^ for the pride of the tyrant is broken,
I^ chariots, his horsemen, all splendid and
brave ;
How vain was their boasting I the Lord hath but
spoken,
And chariots and horsemen are sunk in the
wave.
Sound the loud timbrel, etc.
•
2 Praise to the Conqueror, praise to the Lord ;
His word was our arrow, his breath was our

sword.
Who shall return to tell Egypt the story

Of those she sent forth in the hour of her pride ?
For the Lord hath looked out from his pillar of
glory.
And all her brave thousands are dashed in the
tide.
Sound the loud timbrel, etc.

0

733 L. M. 0. W. HOLMBSL

LORD of Hosts I Almighty King I
Behold the sacrifice we bring :
To every arm thy strength impart.
Thy spirit shed through every heart I

2 Wake in our breasts the living fires.
The holy faith that warmed our sires ;
Thy hand hath made our nation free ;
To die for her is serving thee.

NATIOXAL HTMKS. 489

3 Be thou a pillared flame tx) show
The midnight snare, the silent foe ;
And when the battle thunders loud
Still guide us in its moving cloud.

4 Grod of all nations I Sovereign Lord 1
In thj dread name we draw the sword ;
We lift the starry flag on high

That fills with light our stormy sky.

5 No more its flaming emblems wave
To bar from hope the trembling slave ;
No more its radiant glories shine

To blast with woe a child of thine.

6 From treason's rent, from murder's stain,
Guard thou its folds till peace shall reigu ;
Till fort and field, till shore and sea,
Join our loud anthem, Praise to Thee I

734 6 & 4'S M- DUNOAK.

riiRUMP of glad jubilee,
X Echo o'er land and sea,

Freedom for all :
Let the glad tidings fly.
And every tribe reply.
Glory to God on high.

At slavery's fall.

2 Free, too, the captive mind
By darkness long confined

In slavery's night :
Truth's glorious reign extend.
Virtue with freedom blend,
And ftill salvation send

With freedom's light.

490 OOOASIONAL.

735 8 ft 7*B M* WmnzB.

xllNC

^O^ObellsI
Every stroke exulting tells

Of the burial hour of crime.

Loud and long that all may hear,
Ring for every listening ear

Of Eternity and Time I

2 Let us kneel :
God's own voice is in that p^,

And this spot is holy groimd.
Jjotd, forgive us I What are we,
That our eyes this glory see.

That our ears have heard the sound ^

. 3 For the Lord

On the whirlwind is abroad ;
In the earthquake he has spoken :

He has smitten with his thundei

All the iron walls asunder,
And the gates of brass are broken I

4 Loud and long

Lift the old exulting song.
Sing with Miriam by the sea :

He has cost the mighty down ;

Horse and rider sink and drown ;
He has triumphed gloriously I

5 Ring and swing I

Bells of joy I on morning's wing
Send the song of praise abroad ;
With a sound of broken chains,
Tell the nation that he reigns,
Who alone ia Lord aad God I

NATIONAL UTKNS. 491

736 ^' ^ Theodobb Txlton.
ff alf satae m Xatfon I

A War Hymiu

rilHOU who ordainest for the land's salvation,
X Famine, and fire, and sword, and^ lamen-
tation.
Now unto thee we lift our supplication —
God save the Nation I

2 By the great sign, foretold, of thy appearing,
Coming in clouds, while mortal men stand fearing.
Show us amid this smoke of battle, clearing,

Thy chariot nearing 1

3 By the brave blood that floweth like a river,
Hurl thou a thunderbolt from out thy quiver I
Break thou the strong gates I Every fetter

shiver I
Smite and deliver I

737 L. M. H. Wari, Jb.
E|e 0ro>i of our j^atf^ers.

LIKK Israel's host to exile driven.
Across the flood the pilgrims fled ;
Their hands bore up the ark of heaven.

And heaven their trusting footsteps led.
Till on these savage shores they trod.
And won tlie wilderness for God.

2 Then, when their weary ark found rest.
Another Ziori proudly grew ;
In more than Judah's glory dressed,

With light that Israel never knew.
From sea to sea her empire spread.
Her temple heaven, and Christ her Head.

492 OCCASIONAL.

8 Then let the grateful Chinch to-daj
Its ancient rite with gladness keep ;
And still our fathers' God display

His kindness, though the fathers sleep.
O, bless as thou hast blest the past.
While earth, and time, and heaven shall last t

738 6 & 4's M. PxiMONt.

GONE are those great and good
Who here in peril stood
And raised their hymn :
Peace to the reverend dead !
The light, that on their head
The glorious past has shed,
Shall ne'er grow dim.

2 Ye temples, that to God
Kise where our fathers trod.

Guard well your trust, —
The faith that dared the sea.
The truth that made them free.
Their cherished purity.

Their garnered dust.

8 Thou high and holy One,
Whose care for sire and son

All nature fills ;
While day shall break and close,
While night her crescent shows,
O, let thy light repose

On these thy hills I

NATIONAL HTMNS. 493

739 L. M. Atktn.

in K(me of WBdx.

WHILE sonnds of war are beard around,
And death and ruin strow the ground.
To thee we look, on thee we call,
The Parent and the Lord of all.

2 Thou, who hast stamped on human kind
The image of a heaven-bom mind,
And in a Father's wide embrace

Hast cherished all the kindred race, —

3 Great God, whose powerfid hand can bind
The raging waves, the furious wind,

O, bid the human tempest cease.

And hush the maddening world to peace.

4t With reverence may each hostile land
Hear and obey that high command.
Thy Son's blest errand from above, —
** My creatures, live in mutual love 1 **

740 ^' ^ Gkobqb H. Boui.

Sfvjie for s Soltifer.

CLOSE his eyes, his work is done I
What to him is friend or foeman.
Rise of moon, or set of sun,

Hand of man, or kiss of woman?
Lay him low, lay him low,
In the clover or the snow I
What cares he? he cannot know I
Lay him low I

494 OCXUSIONAL.

2 Ab A man may, he fought his fight,
Proved his truth by his eftdeavor;
Let him Alcep in solemn night.
Sleep forever and forever.
Liiy liim low, etc.

8 Fold him in his country's stars,

Boll the drum and fire tlie volley 1
What to him are all our wars,
What bttt death bemocking folly ?
Lay him low, etc.

4 Leave him to God's watching eye,

Trust him to the hand that made him.
Mortal love weeps idly by :

Grod alone has power to aid him.
Lay him low, etc.

ir

74tl ^*^ ^ COLUKfl.

3B(rge Cor tl^e Serofc tieatr.
[OW sleep the brave who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest I
When spring, with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their hallowed mould.
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.

By fairy hands their knell is rung,
By forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There Honor comes, a pil^im gray.
To bless the turf that wraps their clay,
And Freedom shall awhile repair.
To dwell a weeping hermit there*

NATIONAL HTMNS. 495

742 L. M. W. JBL Wallaob.

GOD of the free I upon thy breath
Our flag is for the right unrolled,
As broad and brave as when its stars
First lit the hallowed time of old.

2 For duty still its folds shall fly;

For honor still its glories bum,
Where truth, religion, valor, guard
The patriot's sword and martyr's urn*

3 God of the free I our nation bless

In its strong manhood as its birth ;
And make its life a star of hope
For all the struggling of the earth.

4 Then shout beside thine oak, O North I

O South I wave answer with thy palm ;
And in our Union's heritage

Together sing the nation's psalm I

'743 ^* ^ AHONTMOirS.

Sfitnn of Seace.

fTTHE dwellings of the free resound
X With songs of victory ; '

And countless hearts, the land aroondi
For peace are blessing thee.

2 By thee we raised the conquering sign
That led the victor bond ;
Thine was the power, the peace is thine;
We see in all, thy hand.

496 OCCASIONAL.

8 Still let that conquering banner waT€
O'er soulfi thou hast made free,
And fold the hearts which thh)ugh the grave
Have heavenward passed to thee.

4 In joyful songs thy name we bless.
Who makest wars to cease ;
O, grant our land, through righteousness,
A never broken peace.

PHILANTHROPIC AND REFORMATORY.

744 7'8 M. J. Taylor.

fScceptsble •ffrrfns.

1;^ATHER of our feeble race.
Wise, beneficent, and kind I
Spread o'er nature's ample face.

Flows thy goodness unconfined.
Musing in the silent grove.

Or the busy walks of men.
Still we trace thy wondrous love,
CSlaiming large returns again.

2 Lord, what offering shall we bring,

At chine altars when we bow?
Hearts, the pure unsullied spring

Whence the kind affections flow ;
Soft compassion's feeling soul,

By the melting eye expressed ;
Sympathy, at whose control

Sorrow leaves the wounded breast.

FHILANTHBOPIO AND REFOBMATOBT. 497

Willing hands to lead the blind,

Bind the wounded, feed the poor ;
Love, embracing all our kind ;

Charity, with liberal store ; —
Teach us, O thou heavenly King,

Thus to show our grateful mindi
Thus the accepted oflFering bring,

Love to thee and all mankind.

745 ^' ^- Cbosswell.

«« 00 Ho 0rooli anH to Commun(cate totget not.**

LORD, lead the way the Saviour went,
By lane and cell obscure.
And let our treasures still be spent,
Like his, upon the poor.

2 Like him, through scenes of deep distress^

Who bore the world's sad weight,
We, in their gloomy loneliness.
Would seek the desolate.

3 For thou hast placed us side by side

In this wide world of ill ;
And that thy followers may be tried.
The poor are with us stUl,

4 Small are the offerings we can make ;

Yet thou hast taught us. Lord,
If given for the Saviour's sake.
They lose not their reward.

4A8 OC0A6IONAL.

'Y^S ^'^ ^ AHONTMOUfr

tfrnie to t|»e 9oot.

GIVE as God hath given thee,
With a bounty fuB and free :
If he hath with liberal hand,
Given wealth to thy command,
For the fulness of thy store,
Give thy needy brother more.

2 If the lot his love doth give
Is by earnest toil to live,

If with nerve and sinew strong
Thou dost labor hard and long ;
Then e'en from thy slender store
Give, and God shall give thee more.

3 Hearts there are with grief oppressed ;
Forms in tattered raiment dressed ;
Homes where want and woe abide ;
Dens where vice and misery hide ;
With a bounty large and free.
Give, as God hath given thee.

4 Wealth is thine to aid and bless.
Strength to succor and redress ;
Bear thy weaker brother's part,
Strong of hand and strong of heart ;
Be thy portion large or small.
Give, for God doth give thee all.

'74'7 L. M. Pratt's Coll.

E^t Meunttsnenn of conjinrerfno tjie 9oot. 9«* tU. 1—8.
^LEST who with generous pity glows,
Who learns to feel another's woes :

B'

PHILANTHRQFIO ANV BEFORMATOBY. 4Sd

Bows to the poor man's wants his ear,
And wipes the helpless orphan's tear I
In every want, in every woe,
Himself thy pity. Lord, shall know.

Thy love his life shall guard, thy hand
Give to his lot the chosen land ;
Nor leave him, in the troubled day.
To unrelenting foes a prey.
In sickness thou shalt raise his head.
And make with tenderest care his bed.

^743 ^' ^' Anontmoub.

WovtiM anti 39ee)i0.

BENEATH the thick but struggling clouds.
We talk of Christian life ;
The words of Jesus on our lips,
Our hearts with man at strife.

2 Traditions, forms, and selfish aims,

Have dimmed the inner light ;
Have closely veiled the spirit-world
And angels from our sight.

3 Strong souls and willing hands we need.

Our temple to repair ;
Bemove the gathering dust of years,
And show the model fair.

4 We slumber while the present calls.

But darkness grows with rest ;
Wouldst thou see truth ? To action wake, — *
Do the divine behest.

500 OCOASIONAL,

749 C. M. HAMPflOH^

Comfassfon.

0

UR offering is a willing mind
To comfort the distressed ;
In others' good our own to find.
In others' blessings blessed.

2 Go to the pillow of disease,

Where night gives no repose,
And on the cheek where sickness preys.
Bid health to plant a rose.

3 Go where the friendless stranger lies.

To perish in his doom,
Snatch from the grave his closing eyes,
And bring his blessing home.

4 Thus what our heavenly Father gave

Shall we as freely give ;
Thus copy him who lived to save.
And died that we might live.

750 0. M- Peabodt.

««m)o in iRj) 7iifefg1)bot?**

WHO is thy neighbor? He whom tfiou
Hast power to aid or bless ;
Whose aching heart or burning brow
Thy hand may soothe or press.

2 Thy neighbor? he who drinks the cup
When sorrow drowns the brim ;
With words of high sustaining hope.
Go thou and comfort him.'

PHILANTHROPIC AND RSFORMATOBT. 501

i Thy neighbor? 'tis the weary slave,
Fettered in mind and limb ;
He hath no hope this side the grave ;
Gro thou and ransom him.

1 Thy neighbor? pass no mourner by.
Perhaps thou canst redeem
A breaking heart from misery ;
60, share thy lot vrith him.

751 7*8 M. 6 L Anonymous.

SctClie Benebolence.

IN the morning sow thy seed,
Nor at eve withhold thy hand ;
Who can tell which may succeed.
Or, if both alike should stand.
And a glorious harvest bear,
To reward the sower's care?

2 Sow it *mid the haunts of vice, —

Scenes of infamy and crime ;
Suddenly, may Paradise

Burst, as in the northern clime
Spring, with all its verdant race,
Starts from Winter's cold embrace.

8 Sow it with unsparing hand ;

^ is the kingdom's precious seed,
*T is the Master's great command,

And his grace shall crown the deed ;
He hath said, the precious grain
Never should be sowed in vain.

502 OCCASIONAL.

752 ^ ^- MoHTOOMttT.

OUR soul shall magnify the Lord,
In him om* spirit shall rejoice ;
Assembled here with sweet accord,

Our hearts shall praise him with our Toice.

2 Since he regards our low estate.

And hears his handmaids when they pray,
We humbly plead at mercy's gate,
Where none are ever turned away.

8 The poor are his peculiar care.
To them his promises ore sure ;
His gifts the poor in spirit share :
O, may we always thus be poor I

4 God of our hope, to thee we bow,

Thou art our refuge in distress :
The husband of the widow, thou,
The father of the fatherless.

5 May we the law of love fulfil ;

To bear each other's burdens here ;
Suffer and do thy righteous will,
And walk in all thy faith and fear.

753 8 & Vb M. Pieupokt.

0em|ietance ITotos.

PILLOWS wet with tears of anguish,
Couches pressed in sleepless woe,
Where the sons of Belial languish.
Father, may we never know.

PHILANTIIROPIO AND HEFORMATORY. 603

2 For the maddening cup shall never

To our thirsting lips be pressed.
But our draught shall be, forever.
The cold water thou hast blessed.

3 This shall give us strength to labor,

This make all our stores increase ;
This, with thee and with our neighbor^
Bind us in the bonds of peace.

4 For the lake, the well, the river.

Water-brook and crystal spring,
Do we now, to thee, the Giver,
Thanks, our daily tribute, bring.

754 ^' ^ ^^^ SlOOURWlT.

i^or 8 Kemiiersnce SlnnCbersars.

WE praise thee, if one rescued soul.
While the past year prolonged its flight.
Turned, shuddering, from the poisonous bowl»
To health, and liberty, and light.

2 We praise thee, if one clouded home.

Where broken hearts despairing pined,
Beheld the sire and husband come
Erect and in his perfect mind.

3 No more a weeping wife to mock.

Till all her hopes in anguish end ;

No more the trembling child to shock,

And sink the father in the fiend.

4 Still give us grace, alnughty King I

Unwavering at our posts to stand,
Till grateful to thy shnne we bring
The tribute of a ransomed land.

504 OGGA8IOKAL.

755 8, M. IL W. Hali.

#ot a Cemiietance annCbersars*

PRAISE for the glorious light,
Which crowns this joyous day ;
Whose beams dispel the shades of night.
And wake our grateful lay I

2 Praise for the mighty band.
Redeemed from error's chain,
Whose echoing voices, through our land.
Join our triimiphant strain I

8 Ours is no conquest gained
Upon the tented field ;
Nor hath the flowing life-blood stained
The victor's helm and shield.

4 But the strong might of love,

And truth's all-pleading voice,
As angels bending from above,
Have made our hearts rejoice.

5 Lord ! upward to thy throne

Th' imploring voice we raise ;
The might, the strength, are thine alone I
Thine be our loftiest praise.

75g 7*8 M. P. H, SWMTSSR.

[ARK 1 the voice of choral song
Floats upon the breeze along,
Chanting clear, in solemn lays, —
** Man redeemed — to God the praise I ^

U'

FHILANTUROPIO AND BEFORMATORT. 505

2 Angels, strike the golden Ijre !
Mortals, catch the heavenly fire I
Thousands ransomed from the gravBi
Millions yet our pledge shall save !

8 Save from sin's destructive breath,
Save from sorrow, shame, and death —
From intemperance and strife.
Save the husband, children, wife I

4 Courage I let no heart despair —
Mighty is the truth we bear I
Forward then, baptized in love,
Led by wisdom from above I

757 ^ M- WfllTTIBB.

i^or an Sljicrcttltural ifestCbaU

O MAKER of the fruits and flowers I
We thank thee for thy wise design,
Whereby these human hands of ours
In nature's ganlen work with thine.

2 And thanks that from our daily need

The joy of simple faith is bom,
That he who smites the summer weed
May trust thee for the autumn com.

3 For he who blesses most is blest.

And God and man shall own his worth
Who toils to leave, as his bequest,
An added beauty to the earth.

4 And soon or late, to all that sow.

The time of harvest shall be given ;
The flower ulull bloom, the fmit shall grow,
If not on earth, at last in heaven.

506 OCCASIONAL.

758 ^- ^- Amowtmous.

Criie WniotD*8 9v8jfrr«
riltlOUGH faint and sick, and worn away
X With poverty and woe,
My widowed feet are doomed to stray
*Mid thorny paths below.

2 Be thou, O Lord, my Father etill,
My confidence and guide :
I know that perfect is thy will,,
Whatever that will decide.

8 I know the soul that trusts in thee,
Thou never wilt forsake ;
And though a bruised reed I be,
That reed thou wilt not break.

4 Then keep me, Lord, where'er I go,

Support me on my way.
Though worn with poverty and woe,
My widowed fiwtsteps stray.

5 To give my weakness strength, O God,

Thy slaff shall yet avail ;
And though thou chasten with thy rod.
That staff shall never fail.

\ ,59 ^' ^ Anontmoub.

WHERE shall the child of sorrow find
A place of calm repose?
Thou Father of the fatherless,
Pity the orphah's woes !

PHILANTEROiPiO AKD BlIFORMATOBY. 50*1

i What friend have I in Leaven or earth,
What friend to trust but thee?
My father^fl dead — mj mother^s dead ;
M7 Gody remember me I

3 Thy gracious promise now fulfil.

And bid my trouble oeaae ;
In thee the fatherless shall find
Pure meroy, grlKse, and peaoe*

4 I Ve not a secret care or pain

But he thttfe Si^dreft knows ;
Thou Father of t2ie fatherless,
Pity the orphan*^ woes I

760 ^' ^ Km* MiTa

Xteclarmfiijt lobe.

|H,8hut not out sweet pity's ray

From souls now clouded o'er by sin ;
Touch their deep springs, and let the day
Of ChriatuflOi love flow finedy in.

0"

2 Send them kind missions, though their feet
No more agHan the world may tread ;
Som^e pidse of better life may beat
In hearts that seem unmoved and dead.

8 'T is just that they should bear the pain
Of keen remorse and guilty shame ;
But scorn may drive to crime again —
Tis only love that can reclami*

508 OOGASIONAL.

'JQ\ 8, 7t & 6*8 M. Mi88 FuRCHn

Com^asvCon for t^t Sbfnnlng.

nnHINK gently of the erring I
X Lord, let us not forget,
However darkly stained by sin,

He is our brother yet.
Heir of the same inheritance I

Child of the self-same God I
He hath but stumbled in the path,

We have in weakness trod.

8 Speak gently to him, brother ;

Thou yet mayst lead him back.
With holy words and tones of love.

From misery's thorny track.
Forget not thou hast often sinned.

And sinful yet must be :
Deal gently with the erring one.

As God hath dealt with thee.

762 1^'« ^ Ahohtmous.

Com^anron tot t^ Srtfiig.

BEEATHE thoughts of pity o'er a brother's
fall.
But dwell not with stem anger on his fault ;
The grace of God alone hdds thee, holds all ;
Were that withdrawn, thou, too, would'st
swerve and halt.

2 Send back the wand'rer to the Saviour's fold ;
That were an action worthy of a saint ;
But not in malice let the crime be told.
Nor publish to the world the evil taint.

PHILANTHROPIC AND BEFORMATOBY. 509

8 The Saviour sufFers when his children slide ;
Then is his holy name by men blasphemed,
And he a&esh is mocked and crucified,
Even by those his bitter death redeemed.

4 Bebuke the sin, and yet in love rebuke ;
Feel as one member in another's pain ;
Win back the soul that his fair path forsook,
And mighty and rejoicing is thy gain 1

^Q^ li. M. Mrs. Livsbmobi.

l&eclarmfnji 3Potoer of lobe.

JESUS, what precept is like thine,
** Forgive, as ye would be forgiven I *
If heeded, O what power divine

Would then transform our earth to heaven.

2 Not by the harsh or scornful word.

Should we our brother seek to gain ;
Not by the prison or the sword.
The shackle, or the clanking chain.

3 But from our spirits there must flow

A love that will his wrong outweigh ;
Our lips must only blessings know.
And wrath and sin shall die away.

4 T was hesiven that formed the holy plan

To bring the wanderer back by love ;
Thus let us win our brother, man.
And iuiitate thee, Grod above 1

510 00CA8ZQNAL.

764 ^ ^ ^^^ TuawU'

FATHER I we pray for those who dwdl
Within the prison's gloomy cell I
For those whose souls are bending low
Beneath the weight of guilt and woe I

S Thy love hath kept our thorny way.
And saved ua from sin's iron sway ;
Our brethren in a weaker hour
Have jdelded to temptation's power.

8 Teach us with humble hearts to feel,
How darkly on our brows the seal
Of guilt might now perchance be set,
Had we the same temptation met.

4 Then while the error we would shun,
We still would aid the erring one
To turn from sin's unpitying sway.
To virtue's fiur and pleasant way.

765 7's M. MttMAir.

««01nl» te 8vtse atiH tibulteH t^ W(«1is nrCH Acs.'*

LORD ! thou didst arise and say,
To the troubled waters, «* Peace,**
And the tempest died away ;

Down they sank, the foaming seas,
And a calm and heaving sleep
Spread o'er all the glassy deep^
All the azure lake serene
Like another heaven was seen I

FHILAKTHROPIG AKD RHFOBMATOBT. 511

2 Lord ! tlij gracious word repeat

To the billows of the proud I
Quell the tyrant's martial heat.

Quell the fierce and changing crowd I
Then the earth shall find repose,

From oppressions and from woes ;
And another heaven appear

On our world of darkness here I

766 «*io'sM.J»^--«i,S^^-;»'

8te Vrfnce of 9zsiu.

K

rO war nor battle's sound
Was heard the world around, —
No hostile chiefs to furious combat ran ;
But peaceful was the night
In which the Prince of light
His reign of peace upon tte earth began.

2 Unwilling kings obeyed,
And sheathed the battle blade.

And called their bloody legions from the ftdd ;

In silent awe they wait,

And close the warrior's gate,
Nor know to whom their homage thus they yield.

3 The peaceful Conquerer goes,
And triumphs o'er his foes,

EKs weapons drawn firom armories above ;

Behold the vanquished sit

Submissive at his feet.
And strife and hate are changed to peace and love.

512 OOCA8IONAL.

767 ^* ^ DASfVAK.

3La\n of JLobe*

ALL nature feels attractive power,
A strong embracing force ;
The drops that sparkle in the shower.
The planets in their course*

2 Thus, in the universe of mind,
Is felt the law of love ;
Tlie charity both strong and kind.
For all that live and move.

8 In this fine sympathetic chain
All creatures bear a part ;
Their every pleasure, every pain.
Linked to the feeling heart.

4 More perfect It^ond, the Christian plan

Attaches soul to soul ;
Our neighbor is the suffering man,
Though at the farthest pole.

5 To earth below, from heaven above.

The faith in Christ professed* *

More clearly shows that God is love,

And whom he loves is blessed.

768 ^' ^* AM0NTM01T&

W&t are all ISretliten.
'USHED be tlie battle's fearful roar.
The warrior's rushing call 1
Why should the earth be drenched with gore?
Are we not brothers all ?

ff

PHILANTHROPIC AND REFORMATOUT. 513

2 Want, from the starving poor depart I

Chains, from the captives fall I
Great God, subdue the oppressor's heart !
Are we not brothers all ?

3 Sect, clan, and nation, O, strike down

Each mean partition-wall !
Let love the voice of discord drown I
Are we not brothers all?

4 Let grace, and truth, and peace, alone

Hold human hearts in thrall.
That heaven at length its work may own,
And men be brothers all.

769 p. M. H. Wabb, /b.

S|ie 9vogre08 of 5tee)vom.

OPPRESSION shall not always reign ;
There comes a brighter day,
When Freedom, burst from every chain,

Shall have triumphant way.
Then right shall over might prevail,
And truth, like hero armed in mail,
The hosts of tyrant wrong assail,
And hold eternal sway.

2 What voice shall bid the progress stay
Of Tmth's victorious car ?
What arm arrest the growing day.

Or quench the solar star?
What reckless soul, though stout and strong,
Shall dare bring hack the ancient wrong,
Oppression's guilty night prolong.
And Freedom's morning bar?
83

514 OCCASIONAL.

8 The hour of triumph oomes apaoe.
The fated promised hour,
When earth upon a ransomed mee
Her bounteous gifts shall shower.
Ring, Liberty, thj glorious bell I
Bifl high thy saciiod banner swell I
Let trump on tnimp the triumph tell
Of Heaveai's redeeming power*

770 '^'^ ^' ^'^'^ FOLLBK.

lltaj^et tat tfie &U!tt*

LORD I deliver ; thou canst savec
Save from evil, mighty God I
Hear, O hear, the kneeling slave I
Break, O break, the oppressor's rod I

2 May the captive's pleading fill
All the earth, and all the sky ;
Every other voice be still.

While he pleads with God on high.

8 From the tyranny within,

Save thy children, Lord I we pray ;
Chains of iron, chains of sin,
Cast, forever, cast away.

4 Love to man, and love to Gh>d,
Are the weapons of our war ;
These can break the oppressor's rod.
Burst the bonds that we aUior.

PHILANTHROPIC AND REFORMATORY. 515

771 CM. B. NiCOLL.

AffnoT all JVen.

MAY not scorn the meanest thing
That on the earth doth crawl :
The slave who would not burst his chain^
The tyrant in his hall.

I

2 The vile oppressor, who hath made

The widowed mother mourn,
Though wortliless, soulless, he maj stand,
I cannot, dare not scorn.

3 The darkest night that shrouds the skj,

Of beauty hath a share :
The blackest heart hatli sighs to tell
That God still lingers there.

772 ^' ^* Anontmoub.

«]8realt ebetsYote.**
** T)REAJC every yoke," the gospel cries,
-13 M And let the oppressed go free ; '^
Let every burdened captive rise,
And taste sweet liberty.

2 Lord 1 when shall man thy voice obey,
And rend each iron chain ?
O ! when shall love its golden sway
O'er all the earth maintain ?

8 Send thy good spirit from above,
And melt the oppressor's heart ;
Send swift deliverance to the slave,
And bid his woes depart.

516 OCCASIONAL.

4 With joy and gladness crown his day,
And fill his heart with love ;
Teach him the straight and only way
That leads to rest above.

0

773 8 & 6*8 M. Bryanx.

<• Sliou liast put all Strings uiCttex lliu #eet**
NORTH, with all thy vales of green,
O South, with all thy palms,
Prom peopled towns, and fields between,

Uplift the voice of psalms ;
Raise, ancient East, the anthem high,
And let the youthful West reply.

2 Lo I in the clouds of heaven appears

God's well-beloved Son ;
He brings a train of brighter years —

His kingdom is begun ;
He comes, a guilty world to bless
With mercy, truth, and righteousness.

8 O Father, haste the promised hour

When at his feet shall lie
All rule, authority, and power,

Beneath the ample sky ;
When he shall reign from pole to polo.
The Lord of every human soul.

4 When all shall heed the words he said.

Amid their daily cares.
And by the loving life he led,

Shall strive to pattern theirs ;
And he who conquered death shall win
The mighty conquest over sin.

PHILANTHROPIC AND REFORMATORY, 517

•774 '^'^ ^' MONTGOMIBY.

Z^ merts of tlie Sons of Go^.

I^OD made all his creatures free ;
Life itself is liberty ;
God ordained no other bands
Than united hearts and hands.

G*

2 Sin the primal charter broke, —
Sin, itself earth's heaviest yoke ;
Tyranny with sin began,

Man o'er brute, and man o'er man.

3 But a better day shall be,
Life again be liberty.

And the wide world's only bands
Love-knit hearts and love-linked hands,

4 So shall every slavery cease.

All God's children dwell in peace,
And the new-born earth record
Love, and Love alone, is Lord.

775 ^ ^" ^* ^»'i^«A^»

0U IVen ate SquaL

LL men are equal in their birth,
Heirs of the earth and skies ;
All men are equal when that earth
Fades from their dying eyes.

A'

2 God meets the throngs who pay their vowB
In courts that hands have made,
And hears the worshipper who bows
Beneath the plantain shade.

518 OCCASIONAL.

5 T is man alone who difference sees,

And speaks of high and low,
And worships those, and tramples diese.
While the same path they go.

4 O, let man hasten to restore
To all their rights of love ;
In power and wealth exult no more ;
Li wisdom lowly move.

6 Ye great, renounce your earth-bom pride.

Ye low, your shapie and fear :
Live, as ye worship, side by side ;
Your brotherhood revere.

'^T^C ^" ^ Anonymous.

THE past is dark with sin and shame,
Hie future dim widi doubt and fear ;
But, Father, yet we praise thy name,
Whose guardian love is always near.

2 For man has striven, ages lopg,

With faltering steps to come to thee.
And in each purpose high and strong
The influence of thy grace could see.

8 He could not breathe an earnest prayer,
But thou wast kinder than he dreamed.
As age by age brought hopes more fair.
And nearer sdjil thy kingdom seemed.

PHILANTHBOFIC AND SEFOBMATOBT. 519

4 Bat never rose within his breast

A trust so calm aad deep as now ; —
Shall not the wea^ry find a rest?
Father, Preservery aii3wer thou I

5 'Tis dark around, 'tis dark above.

But through the shadow streams the sun ;
We cannot doubt th j certain love ;
And nmx^a true aim shall jet be won I

777 ®- ^' ^™ BlABTINHAtT,

••Come, JLttti Szsum.^*

LORD JESUS, come 1 for here
Our path through wilds is laid ;
We watch, as for the day-rspring near.
Amid the breaking shade.

2 Lord Jesus, coine I for hosts
Meet on the battle plain ;
Our holiest hopes seem vainest boaaBts,
And tears are shed like rain.

' 8 Lord Jesus, come I the slave
Still bears his heavy chains ;
Their dally bread the hungry crave.
While teem the firuitful plains.

4 Hark I herald voices near
Lead on thy happier day ;
Come, Lord, and our hosannas hear I
We wait to strew thy way.

520 OOCASIONAL.

778 I- M. J. F. CLARKm

CCl^e 9rotestant BefonnatTon.
I'OR all thy gifts we praise thee, Lord,
With IHled song and bended knee ;
But now oar thanks are chiefly poured
For those who taught us to be free.

F

2 For when the soul lay bound below
A heavy yoke of forms and creeds,
And none thy word of truth could know,
O'ergrown with tares and choked with
weeds;

8 The monarch's sword, the prelate's pride.
The church's cm^e, the empire's ban,
By one poor monk were all defied,
Who never feared the &ce of man.

4 Half-battles were the words he said.

Each bom of prayer, baptized in tears ;
And routed by ihem, backward fled
The errors of a thousand years.

5 With lifted song and bended knee,

For all thy gift» we praise thee, Lord 5
But cliief for those who made us free,
The champions of thy holy word.

779 ^' ^ Anoxymousl

3Qe maltctt) all Cr^fnos ncte.

ALMIGHTY Spirit, now bdiold
A world by sin destroyed !
Creative Spirit, as of old,
Move on the formless void !

PHILANTHROPIC AND RErORMATORT. 521

2 Give thou the word, — the healing Bound

Shall quell the deadly strife.
And earth again, like Eden crowned.
Bring forth the tree of life.

3 If sang the morning stars for joy

When nature rose to view,
What strains shall angel harps employ,
When thoushalt all renew?

780 ^ ^- Whittieb.

0Xti aiiTi Neto.

O SOMETIMES gleams upon our sight,
9 Through present wrong, the Eternal Bight !
And step by step, since time began.
We see the steady gain of man ; —

2 That all of good the past has had
Bemsdns to make our own time glad.
Our common daily life divine.
And every land a Palestine.

3 We lack but open eye and ear
To find the Orient's marvels here,
The still small voice in autumn's hush.
Yon maple wood the burning bush.

4 For still the new transcends the old,
In signs and tokens manifold ;
Slaves rise up men ; the olive waves
With roots deep set in battle graves.

522 OCOASIONAI*.

5 Through die harsh noises of oar day
A I0W9 sweet prelude finds its way ;
Through clouds of doubt and creeds of fear
A light is breaking, oalm and clear.

6 Henceforth my heart shall sigh no more
For olden time and holier shore ;
God's love and blessing, then and there,
Are now, and here, and everywhere.

7gl II&IO'SM. HABBI&

Vast, Steient, antr future.

OEABTH I thy Past is crowned and con-
secrated
With its reformers, speaking yet, though
dead;
Who unto strife and toil and tears were fiUed,
Who unto fiery martyrdoms were led

2 O Earth I the Present too is crowned with
splendor
By its reformers battling in the strife ;
Friends of humanity, stem, strong, i^d tender,
Making the world more hopeful with their life.

8 O Earth ! thy Future shall be great and glorious
With its reformers, toiling in the van ;
Till truth and love shall reign o'er all victorious.
And earth be given to fireedom and to man.

om$ Kttir dtW^ttn,

782 ^ M- 8oo»

JHomestfc fVots^tp.

XITHERE'ER the Lord shall build my kouse,

V T An ^tar to his name I 'U raise ;
There, mom and evening, shall ascend
The sacrifice of prajer and praise.

2 With duteous mind, the social band

Shall search the records of thy law ;
There learn thy will, and humbly bow
With filial reverence and awe.

3 Here may God &x hip sacred seat,

And spread the banner of his love ;
Till ripened for a happier state^
We meet the family above.

783 ^- ^ DOODBIDGB & HXBBIOK.

fnmtls Worship.

r|X) Him who condescends to dweU
X With men in their obscurest cell,
Be our domestio altars raised,
And daily let his mune be praised.

524 HOME AND CHILDREN.

2 Tlien shall the charms of wedded love
Still more delightful blessings prove ;
And parents' hearts shall overflow
With joy that parents only know.

8 When nature droops, our aged eyes
Shall see our children's children rise ;
Till pleased and thankful we remove,
And join tlie family above.

"^g^ 7'b M. Oampbsll'b Golu

Sraser Uv C^fDitnu

l_OD of mercy, hear our prayer
For the children thou hast given ;
Let them all thy blessings share —
Grace on earth and bUss in heaven.

G'

2 In the morning of their days,

May their hearts be drawn to thee :
Let them learn to lisp thy praise,
In their earliest infancy.

3 When we see their passions rise,

Sinful habits unsubdued,
Then to thee we lift our eyes,

That their hearts may be renewed.

4 For this mercy, Lord, we cry ;

Bend thy ever-gracious ear ;
While on thee our souls rely.

Hear our prayer, — in mercy hear.

HOME AND CHILDUEN. 525

785 7'sM. Anohymous.

Sbflent W&oxss^X^*
""OULD'ST thou in thy lonely hour.
Praises to the Eternal pour?
I will teach thy soul to be
Temple, hymn, and harmony.

w

2 Sweeter songs than poets sing,
Thou shak for thine offering bring ;
Softly murmured hymns, that dwell
In devotion's deepest cell.

3 Know that music's holiest strain
Loves to linger, loves to reign,
In that calm of quiet thought,
Which the passions trouble not.

4 Would'st thou in thy lonely hour,
Praises to the Eternal pour?
Thus thy soul may learn to be,
Temple, hymn, and harmony.

786 C. M. DODDBIDQH.

SfcftneM an) IGlecoberi;.

LORD, in thy service I would spend
The remnant of my days ;
Why was this fleeting breath renewed,
But to renew thy praise?

2 Thy own almighty power and love
Did this weak frame sustain ;
When life was hovering o'er the grave,
And nature sunk widi pain.

526 HOME AND GHILDBSK*

8 Back from the boixlers of the grave,
At thy command I come ;
Nor would I urge a speedier fli^t
To my celestial home

4 Where thou appointest mine abode,
There would I choose to be ;
For in thy presence death is life^
And eiurth is heaven witk thee«

787 ^ ^ ^ ^ CUTTIHGw

if amfls AsmK. — S)»en(iifl.

FATHER* we bless the gentle care
That watches o'er us day by day.
That guards us from the tempter's snare.

And guides us in the heavenward way :
We bless thee for the tender love>

That mingles all our hearts in one, —
The music of the soul ; — abovts
'T IB piu'er spirits' unison.

2 Father, 't is evening's solemn hour.

And cast we now our cares on thee ;
Darkly the storm may round us lower, —

Peace is within, — Christ makes us free ;
And when life's toil and joy are o'er.

And evenmg gathers on its sky^
Our circle broke, — we sing no more, —

O, may we meet and sing on high*

HOME AND GHILDKEN. 527

788 B* ^ AKOKTllOUa.

JH^mestfc 0ffectfoii«
[OW pleaaing, Loiti 1 to eee,
How pure is the delight,
\^^len mutual love, and love to thee^
A family Unite I

w

2 From these celestial springs

Such streams of comfort flbur.
As no increase of riches brings,
Nor honors can bestow.

3 No bliss can equal theirs,

Where such affections meet ;
While mingled praise and mingled prayera
Make their communion sweets

4 T is the same pleasure fills

The breast in worlds above ;
There joj like morning dew distills.
And all the lur is love.

789 ^* ^ Songs ik thi Nioht.

9etafne1i from tfie Santtuatj;.

SWEET Sabbath bells I I love your voice.
You call me to the house of prayer {
Oft have you made my heart rejoice, •
When I have gone to worship there.

2 But now a prisoner of the Lord,
His hand forbids, I cannot go ;
Yet may I herfe his love record,
And bei'e die sweets of wordtiip know.

528 HOME AND CmLDBEN.

3 Each place alike is holy ground.

Where prayer from humble souls is poured.
Where praise awakes its silver sound,
Or God is silently adored.

4 His sanctuary is the heart, —

There, with the contrite, will he rest ;
Lord, come, ii Sabbath frame impart,
And make thy temple in my breast.

790 C. M. Fabhu

CliClTiliooTi looltfng toSesus.

^EAR Jesus I ever at my side,
How loving must thou be,
To leave thy throne in heaven, to guard
A little child like me.

jy

2 I cannot feel thee touch my hand

With pressure light and mild,
To check me, as my mother did,
When I was but a child.

3 But I have felt thee in my thoughts.

Fighting with sin for me ;
And when my heart loves God, I know
The sweetness is from thee.

4 And when, dear Saviour I I kneel down

Morning and night to prayer.

Something there is within my heart.

Which tells me thou art there.

5 Yes ! when I pray, thou prayest too, —

The prayer is all for me :
But when I sl^p, thou slcepest not.
But watchest patiently.

HOME AND CHILDBEN. 529

791 ^ ^ Anoktuoub.

LORD, teach a little child to pray,
And, O, accept my prayer ;
Thou canst hear all the words I say,
For thou art everywhere,

2 A little sparrow cannot fall

Unnoticed, Lord, by thee ;
And though I am so young and small,
Thou dost take care of me.

3 Teach me to do whatever is right,

And, when I sin, forgive ;
And make it still my chief delight
To serve thee while I live.

792 0- ^ William Guttib.

?out)»ful IBpimpU,

VlyTHAT if the little rain should say,
T T So small a drop as I
Can ne'er re&esh these thirsty fields,
1 11 tarry in the sky ?

2 What if a shining beam of noon
Should in its fountain stay,
Because its feeble light alone
Cannot create a day?

8 Doth not each rain-drop help to form
The cool, refreshing shower,
And every ray of light to warm
And beautify the iiower ?
84

530 HOME AND CBlLDBXXf.

4 Go thou, and strive to do thy shaie, —
One talent — less than thme —
Improved with steady zeal and care.
Would gain rewards divine.

793 8 & 7*8 M. Abdntmous.

LORD, a little band and lowly,
We are come to sing to thee ;
Thou art great, and high, and holy, —
O9 how solemn should we be I

2 Fill our hearts with thoughts of Jesus,

And of heaven where he is gone ;
A.nd let notliing ever please us
He would grieve to look upon.

3 Let our sins be all forgiven :

Make us fear whate'er is wrong ;
Lead us on our way to heaven,
There to sing a nobler song*

794 ^' ^- PlEBPOHl.

fibenlng 9Qj;mii«

ANOTHEE day its course hath run.
And still, O God, thy child is blest.
For thou luist been by day my sun,
And thou wilt be by night my rest.

2 Sweet sleep descends my eyes to close.
And now when all the world is still
I give my body to repose, —
My spirit to my Father's will.

BOMB Ain> CBUJOSSt. £31

795 i-M-

TTtTE are but young, — yet we may sing
▼ ▼ The praises of our hearenly King;
He made the earth, the sea, the sky,
And all the starry wuiids on high.

2 We are but young, — we need » guides
Jesus, in thee we would confide ;

O9 lead us in the path of truth.
Protect and bless our helpless youth.

3 We are but young, — yet God has shed
Unnumbered blessings on our head ;
Then let our youth in riper days

Be all devoted to his praise.

796 I* *^* jLvomruovs.

TIOU holy Jesus, kind and dear,
Who for us children camest here,
That blest and .purified by thee,
God's little children we might be.

2 Grod sent thee down, a ligl^ divine,
Through all this darkened world to shine,
A heavenly child, a heavenly ray,

To guide us all the heavenly way.

3 O holy Jesus, kind and dear,
Because thy birthday now is near,
For every child, in every clime.
It is a happy, joyful time.

532 HOME AND CHILDREN.

4 Then hlesa me too, and from thy throne,
Look down. Lord, on thy little one ;
Make thou my heart all pure and white,
In heavenly fountains dear and bright.

5 Lord, make me like the angels mild,
A loving, humble, grateful child ;
That thme I evermore may be,
Thou holy Jesus, grant to me I

797 0. M. Watts.

ATibantage of fistlj^ iPCetjf*

"1T7HEN children give their hearts to God

T T T is pleasing in his»eyes ;
A flower, when offered in the bud.

Is no vain sacrifice.

2 It saves us from a thousand fears.

To mind religion young ;
With joy it crowns succeeding years.
And renders virtue strong.

3 To- thee. Almighty God I to thee

May we our hearts resign ;
'T will please us to look back and see
That our whole lives were thine.

798 7 & 6*fl M. 8. F. Smth.

3&ememter t^s ^t^tor.
" T> EMEMBER thy Creator ••

X\« While youth's fair spring is bright,
Before thy cares are greater.
Before comes age's night ;

HOME AND CHILDREN. 533

2 While jet the sun shines o'er thee.
While stars the darkness cheer,
Whild life is all before thee,
Thy great Creator fear.

799 S. M. WATxa

SaTls Xnstvttctfon.

rr^EDB praises of my tongae
A I offer to the Lord,
That I was taught and learned so yoang^
To read his holy word.

2 Dear Lord I this book of thine

Liforms me where to go,
For grace to pardon all my sin,
And make me holy too.

3 Oh I may thy Spirit teach,

And make ray heart receive,
Those truths which all thy servants preachi
And all thy saints believe.

4 Then shall I praise the Lord,

In a more cheerful strain,
That I was taught to read his word.
And have not learned in vain.

^00 L M. FiBBPoine.

Jlllom(ng 9Q$inii for a CJ^fRi.
GOD, I thank thee that the night
In peace and rest hath passed away,
And that I see, in this fair light.

My Father s smile, that makes it day.

0

S3S. HDKB ASD GHILDBBK.

2 Be thou nxjr gaide, and let me Kve
Ab under thine all-seeing eye ;
Supply mj waniB, my sins forgive,
^d make me happy when. I die*

gQ) a U. DOBPRIMl

Clrfft caBfRS CWtm lo Wms^

THE* Saviour gently calk
Our children to hia breast;
He foJda them, in his gracioas anna.;
Himself declares them blest-

2 '^ Let them approach," he cries,
'* Nor scorn their humble name ;
The heirs of heaven are such as these, -*
For such aB these I came."

8 Gladly we bring them,. Lord,,
Devoting them to thee :
Liidbring,. that, as we are thine.
Thine may our offipring be.

802 • ^-^ ^nn.

Saris 3&eUaroii«

^Y cool Siloam's shady riU
How sweet the lily grows 1
How sweet the breath beneath the hiU
Of Sharon's dewy rose I

B^

2 Lo, such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod ;
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
la upward drawn to God I

HOME AND GHU^DBBN. 535^

3 By cool Siloam's shadj rill

The lily must decay ;
The rose that blooms beneath the hill
Must shortly fade away.

4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hoar

Of man's maturer age
Will shake the soul with sorrow's power.
And stormy passion's rage I

5 O thou, who giVst us life and breath,

We seek thy grace alone.
In childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us still thine own I

g03 ^ ^ Anohtmous.

AVTHILE yet the youthful spirit bears

T T The image of its God within,
And unefFaced that beauty wears.
So soon to be destroyed by sin ;

2 Then is the time for faith and love

To take in charge their precious care,
Teach the young eye to look above,

Teach the young knee to bend in prayer.

3 The world will come with care and crime,

And tempt too many a heart astray ;
Still, the seed sown in early time
Will not be wholly cast away.

536 HOME AND CHIIJ>B£N.

4 The infant prayer, the infant hymn,

Within the darkened soul will rise,
When age's weary eye is dim,

And the grave's shadow round us lies.

5 Lord grant our hearts be so inclined.

Thy work to seek, thy will to do ;

And while we teach the youthful mind,

Our own be taught thy lessons too.

g04 7'» ^ fiOTLSTOK.

l^bfnfl Acliool Cor C^utc).

rpO thy temple I repair ;
A Lord, I love to worship there ;
Abba 1 Father 1 give me grace
Li thy courts to seek thy face.

2 While thy glorious praise is sung,
Touch my lips, unloose my tongue.
While the prayer of saints ascend,
God of love, to mine attend.

3 While thy ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon in thy name.
While I hearken to thy law,
Fill my heart with humble awe.

4 From thy house when I return,
May my heart witliin me bum ;
And at evening let me say,

*« I have walkei with God to-day.*

HOME AND CrULDREN. 537

gQ5 P. M. Ahok.

Aoinetl^rng (n IQeaben to Dro.

THERE 'LL be something in heaven for chil-
dren to do :
None arc idle in that blessed land.
There'll be loves for the heart, there 11 be
thoughts for the mind,
And employment for each litde hand.
Chouus — There '11 be something to do ;
There '11 be something to do ;
There '11 be something for children to do ;
On the bright shining shore,
Where there 's joj evermore.
There '11 be something for children to do.

2 There '11 be lessons to learn of the wisdom of

God,
As they wander the green meadows o'er :
And they '11 have for their teachers in that blest
abode,
All the good that have gone there before.
Chorus — There '11 be something to do, etc.

3 There 11 be errands of love firom the mansiona

above.

To the dear ones that linger below ;
And it may be our Father the children will send

To be angels of mercy in woe.
Chorus — There '11 be something to do, etc.

dtlofAni l^smtiis amti 29oxologies.

P

S06 7'^^ KawTON.

Itectfiio 9l9inii«

^C^ a season called to part.

Let ua then- ourselves commend
To the gradous eje and heart
Of our ever-present Friend.

2 Father, hear our humble prayer I
Tender Shepherd of thy sheep,
Let thy mercy and thy care
All our souls in^ safety keep.

3. L» thy strength may we be strong;
Sweeten every cross and pain ;
Crive us, if we live, e'er long.
Here to meet in peace again.

307 JL U. Brbviart.

SI aSUssCng sought on OToff(Cp.

HEKE, gracious God, do thoa
In mercy now draw nigh ;
Accept each faithful prayer.
And mark each suppliant sigh ;
In copious shower, I This holy day,
On aU who pray, | Thy blessings pour.

GLOaiNQ HYMNS AND DOXOLOOXES. 539

2 Here may wc find from heaven.
The grace which we implore ;
And may that grace once given,
Be with us evermore, —
Until that day I To endless rest

When all the blest | Are called away*

K'

808 H- ^- E. Turner.
ITIwttits fft tire dose ot detbfce.

'IND Lord, before thy face.
Again with joy we bow ;
For all the gifts and grace

Thou dost on us bestow ;
Our tongues would all thy love proclsum,
And chant the honors of thy name.

2 Here, in thine earthly house,

Our joyful souls have met ;
Here paid our solemn vows.

And felt our union sweet.
For this our tongues thy love proclaim,
And chant the honors of thy name.

3 Now may we dwell in peace,

Till here again we come ;
And may our love increase,

Till thou shalt bring us home.
Then shall our tongues thy love proclaim,.
And chant the honors of thy name.

809 ^' ^' D0DDBn>0B.

€l)rf8t(an j^aretoell.
rilHY presence, ever-living God I
JL Wide through all nature spreads abroad ;
Thy watchful eyes, which never sleep,
la every phice thy children keep.

540 OLOSINO HTMN8 AND DOXOLOOIES.

2 While near each other we reniainy
Thou dost our lives and powers sustain ;
When separate, we rejoice to shore
Thy counsels and thy gracious care.

8 To thee we now commit our ways,
And still implore thy heavenly grace ;
Still cause tliy face on us to shine.
And guard and guide us still as thine.

4 Give us within thy house to raise
Again united songs of praise ;
Or, if that joy no more be known,
Give us to meet around thy throne.

Q\0 li* M. Mas. OOUNTBYKAN.

€lo8e of t])e dabbati).

ANOTFIER Sabbath, Lord, has gone,
Another day of peace and rest :
Swiftly its precious hours have flown —
Hours which thy sacred presence blest.

2 The portals of a week of care,
Stand open for our weary feet ;
Oh 1 give us strength to enter there.
Grant us thy grace its toils to meet.

8 May the pure joys this day hath brought.
Shed gladness o'er the coming hours, —
The cheering truths thy word hath taught.
Give strength to all our faltering powers.

4 May faith's bright angel be our guide
Across the stream of toil and care.
Whose troubled waters so divide

These Sabbath times of praise and prayer.

GLOSmO HYMNS AND DOXOLOGIES. 541

S2X ^' ^ liioswa Ballou.

Closdig Ms^n,
rE now invoke thy blessing, Lord,

w

On this day's worsliip here :
Help us to lean upon thy word,
And find our comfort there.

2 Hollow the hours that unto thee.
In faith and love we 've given ;
And daily help our souls to see,
More of the bUss of heaven.

S22 ^' ^ HniB.

E^t &etti of tit OTorDr.

OGOD, by whom the seed is given,
By whom the harvest blest,
Whose word, like manna showered from heaven,
Is planted in our breast ;

2 Preserve it from the passing feet,

And plunderers of the air ;
The sultry sun's intenser heat.
And weeds of worldly care.

3 Though buried deep, or thinly strewn,

Do thou thy grace supply :
The hope in earthly furrows sown.
Shall ripen in the sky.

813 L M. H. Balloit.

5B(8iiif88fon.

FROM worship, now, thy church dismiss,
But not without thy blessing. Lord ;
O, grant a taste of heavenly bliss.
And seal instruction irom thy word.

542 cnLosma HricNS and boxologies.

2 Oft may these pleasant scenes return.
When we shall meet to worship thee ;
Oft may our hearts within us bum.
To hear thy word, thy goodness see.

S14 8&7'8M. NswTOir.

Closfng Sra^r^*
I" AY tlie grace of Christ, our Saviour,
And the Father's boundless love.
With the holy spirit's favor,
Best upon us &om above t

M^

Let us thus abide in union

With each other, and the Lord ;

And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford.

gl5 8 & 7's M. Ahok.

1^0 in peace I — serene dismission,
"^ -To die loving heart made known ;
When it pours, in deep contrition.
Prayer before the eternal throne.

G'

2 Gro in peace 1 thy sins forgiven,

Christ hath healed thee, set thee free ;
Every spirit-fetter riven,
Go in peace, and liberty I

3 Saviour I breathe this benediction

O'er our spirits while we pray ;
Let us part in sweet conviction
Thou hast blessed our souls to-day.

CSOSING HYMNS AND DQXOI/MIBft. 543

QIQ, H. M. Bippon'b Qouu

GLORY to Qod on h^h;
Forever bless his name ;
Let earth, and seas, and sky,
EQs wondrous love proclaim.
To him be praise and glory given
By all oa earth and all in heaven.

A'

QY7 ^' ^' SSBUBSOUi

SItDslte, put on E^s i&trengtt.
RM of the Lord, awake I awake I

Put on thy strength, the nations shake ;.
Now let the world adoring see
Triumphs of mercy wrought by thee.

2 Almighty God, thy grace proclaim
Through every clime, of every name ;
Let adverse powers before thee fall.
And crown the Saviour Lord of all.

818 ^-^ -^»o»-

a&est (n V^t iTat^er.

O WONDROUS depth of grace divine,
My soul would fain adore :
Dear Father, let me call thee minCi
And I will ask no more.

2 By thee in all things richly blest,
Low at thy feet I fall.;
Thou art my Hope, my Life, my Best,
My Father and my all I

544 OLOSINO HYMK8 AKD DOXOLOGOBS.

S19 G. M. Ako9.

&un ot 3Bir<B(teottsiuss.

ETERNAL Sun of Righteousness,
Display thy beams divine.
And cause the glory of thy face
On all our hearts to shine.

2 Light in thy light, O may we see,
Thy grace and mercy prove ;
Revived, and cheered, and blessed by thee.
The God of pardoning love.

820 8. M. Watts.

9ra(se to t^e Vnm^ of t^e JUitr.

THY name, almighty Lord,
Shall sound through distant lands :
Great is thy grace, and sure thy word ;
Thy truth forever stands.

2 Far be thine honor spread.

And long thy praise endure, —
Till morning light and evening shade
Shall be exchancred no more.

821 H.M.

Closfiijt Ttsmn.
rpo thee our wants are known ;
A From thee are all our powers ;
Accept what is thine own.
And pardon what is ours.
Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive,
And to thy word a blessing give.

CL08IXQ BTMK8 AND DOXOLOOIES. 545

2 O grant that each of us

Now met before thee here,
May meet together thus,

A\'hen thou and thine appear
And follow thee to heaven, our home :
Even so, Amen — Lord Jesus, come.

822 0- ^- -^No»-

Blcsv 6ro1i (n tfte Sanctuatj. 9s. tmXh.

^LESS God, ye servants that attend
Upon his solemn state, —
That in his temple's hallowed courts
With humble reverence wait-

B'

!2 Within his house lift up your hands.
And bless liis holy name ;
From Zion bless thy Israel, Lord,
Who earth and heaven didst frame.

823 7'8M. . Gasmlu

€rIors to tjl^e i^atftet.

};;j^ATHER1 glory be to thee.
Source of all the good we see I
Glory for the blessed light.
Rising on the ancient night f

2 Glory for the hopes that come

Streaming through the dreary tomb I
Glory for the counsel given.
Guiding us in peace to heaven I

546 GL08INO HTMK8 AND D0XQL06IC8.

324 7'b ^ Sausbuht Ooll.
s«ii]»irc«t(oii.

GLOMOUS in thy saints appear ;
Plant thy heavenly kingdom here ;
Light and life to all impart ;
Shme on each believing heart ; —

2 Andy in every grace complete,
Make us. Lord, for glory meet ;
Till we stand before thy sight,
Partners with the saints in light.

325 7*8 M. Ahox.

THANES for mercies, Lord, receive ;
Pardon of our sins renew :
Teach us henceforth how to live
With eternity in view.

2 Bless thy word to old and young ;

Grant us, Lord, thy peace and love ;
And, when life's short race is run,
Take us to thy house above.

g26 ^* ^ ahom.

Monov to tbe Ssbfoat.
rpO Him that loved the souls of men,
JL And shed for us his blood.
To royal honors raised our head,
And made us priests to God :

2 To Him let every tongue be pvaise.
And every heart be love 1
All grateful honors paid on earth,
Ajad nobler songs above I

CXOSINO H7MNS AND DOXOLOGIE8. 547

827 8 & 7'8 M. Anon.
AttMilfcaUon.

GRACIOUS Source of every blessing.
Guard our breast &om anxious fears ;
Let us 9 each thy care possessing,

Peaceful reach the vale of years ;
All our hopes on thee reclining,
Peace, companion of our way.
May our sun, in smiles dedining,
Bise in everlasting day.

828 ^' ''» * ^'8 ^- Topladt's Ooll.

Sfsmfssfoir.

LORD r dismiss us with thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace ;
Let us all, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace ;
Oh 1 re&esh us —
Travelling through this wilderness.

S Thanks we give and adoration.
For thy gospel's joyful sound ;
May the fruits of thy salvation
la our hearts and lives abound ;
May thy presence
With us evermore be found.

g29 8 & 7'S M. BlOKBBSTBTE.

ISR\.£L'S Shepherd, guide us, feed us,
Through our pilgrimuge below,
And beside the waters lead us,
Where thy flock rejoicing go.

548 GLOSINa HYMNS AND DOXOLOOIES.

2 Lord, thy guardian presence ever.
Meekly kneeling, we implore ;
We have found thee, and would never.
Never wander £rom thee more.

830 ^ 3£. HiBU.

Ctose of derbfce*

LORD, now we part, in thy blest name.
In which we here together came :
Grant us our few remaining days
To work thy will and spread thy praise.

2 Teach us in life and death to bless

The Lord our strength and righteousness ;
And grant us all to meet above,
Then shall we better sing thy love.

831 8 & 7's M. 8. R Abams.
Seace lie toftlp sou.

PART in peace 1 is day before us?
Praise his name for life and light ;
Are the shadows lengthening o'er us?
Bless his care who guards the night.

2 Part in peace I with deep thanksgiving.

Rendering, as we homeward treadi
Gracious service to the living.
Tranquil memory to the dead.

3 Part in peace I such are the praises,

God, our Maker, loveth best ;
Such the worship that upraises
Human hearts to heavenly rest.

CL0S1N«^ FYjx£NS aJnj DOXCLOGl!^. 549

P

532 S&v'sM. Ahoh.

Jlvasev (or Seace.
^EACE of God, which knows no measure,
Heavenly sunlight of the soul,
Peace beyond all earthly treasure,

G)me and all our hearts control I
Come, almighty to deliver I

Naught shall make us then afiriud ;
We will trust in thee forever,

Thou on whom our hope is stayed I

833 0. M. Wattb.

Cln(bet0al Srafse.

ALL ye nations I praise the Lord,
Each with a different tongue ;
In every language learn his word,
Ajid let h^ name be sung.

0

2 His mercy reigns through every land, — -
Proclaim his grace abroad ;
Forever firm his truth shall stand, —
Praise ye the faithful God I

834 7"iM. ahc«

Slie j^at)iet*s Care fmploretr,

FATHER, hear our humble prayer I
Tender Shepherd of thy sheep.
Let thy mercy and thy care
All our souls in safety keep.

2 Li thy strength may we be strong ;
Sanctify each cross and pain ;
Give us, if thou wilt, erelong
Here to meet in peace again.

550 CLOSING HYMNS ANJ> DQXOLOOIBS.

836 ^'» ^ ^0*

SCft S^ngi fvom €ro1i.

[OMAGE pay to God above, —
God, whose nature all k love ;
In his praise your breath employ, —
Gracious source of every joy.

w

2 All our hopes of life and heaven
Through thy grace alone are given;
Bliss eternal, pure, divme, *--
Every gift, O God, is thine.

G'

S36 7&68H. Wbblst.

GroDr our -AisrtrrBm.
I.OD shall bless thy going out,
Shall bless thy coming in ;
Kindly compass thee about,

Till thou art saved from sin :
Lean upon thy Father's breast ;

T is he thy spirit keeps :
{test in him, securely rest ;
Thy guardian never sleeps.

g37 8 & rs M. G. BoBBnoL

ClMre of t^z Aabtetj).

O I the day of rest declineth,
Gather fast the shades of night ;
Yet the sun that ever shineth

Fills our souls with heavenly light.

V

2 While, thinf ear of love addressing.
Thus our parting hymn we sing.
Father, with thine evening blessing
Best we safe beneath thy wing.

diOSINQ nTMXS AND DOXOLOQIES. 5S1
838 C. IL A»0«.

rpHOn art the first, and thou tiie last,
X Time centres all in thee.
The Almighty God who was, and iBf
And evermore ahall be.

2 To thee let every tongue be praisey
And every heart be love ;
All grateful honors paid on earthy
And nobler songs above.

o

S39 6 & 7*8. MARTiinun*8 Gob.

CIos(ng 595inn*

THOU great Spirit, who along

The waters first didst move

And straight firom warring chaos sprang

Light, harmony, and love ;
Upon our waiting spirits brood.

Bid all their discord cease,
And breathe upon the troubled soul
Thy last, b€»t gift of peace.

840 ^'« ^- ^"o»-

9ratoe.

PE AISE the Lord, — his glory bless ;
Praise him in his holiness ;
Praise him as the theme inspires ;
Praise him as his fame requires.

2 Let the trumpet's lofty feound
Spread its loudest notes around ;
Let the harp imite in praise
With the sacred minstrel's lays.

952 CLOSING HYMNS AND DOXOIiOGIES.

3 Let the organ join to bless

God, the Lord, our righteousness ;
Tune your voice to spread the fame
Of the great Jehovah's name.

§41 ^' ^ Anonymous.

[OW blessing, honor, glory, po?rer.
By all in earth and heaven.
To Him that sits upon the throne
And to the Lamb be given.

N*

842 L M. Watts.

FROM all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise ;
Let the Bedeemer's name be sung.
Through every land, by every tongue.

2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord I
Eternal truth attends thy word ;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
7111 suns shall rise and set no more.

g43 L. M. Kmsv.

PEAISE God from whom all blessings flow '
Praise him, all creatures here below I
Praise him, above, ye heavenly throng I
Praise God, our Father, in your song I

MisiceUg.neousi.

9ot « Cjl^rfsttaii ftnWal.
f I ^HOU God of years and seasons all,
X Of light, and peace, and love, and power ;
Once more on thy great name we call,
In this our holy festal hour.

2 We praise thee for thy presence here.

For prayer, and speech, and cheerM song :
For guardian care, that year by year
Attends us all life's ways along :

8 For what we hope, and what we see
Of human progress in our time ;
But gleams of freedom though they be,
Yet dawning of its day sublime 1

4 And since again apart we move

In life's great work, to us be given
The faith that toils in Christian love.

And blesses man with truth's own heaven.

g45 L. M. Bbtant.

9t)e iHot|ier*8 Ksmn.

LORD, who ordainest for mankind,
Benignant toils and tender cares.
We thank thee for the ties that bind
The mother to the child she bears. •

554 MISCELLANEOUS.

2 We thank thee for the hopes that rise

Within her heart, as, day by day,
The dawning soul from ttiose young eyes
Looks with a clearer, steadier ray.

3 And grateful for the blessing given,

With that dear infant on her knee,
She strains the eye to look to heaven,
The voice to lisp a prayer to thee.

4 Such thanks the blessed Mary gave,

When from her lap the holy child,
Sent from above to seek and save

The lost of earth, looked up and smiled.

5 All Gracious ! grant to those who bear

A mother's charge the strength and light.
To guide the feet that own their care
In wavs of love and trutli and riffht.

•ea*'

Q4*Q 1 1'S M. (PeCULI AB.) FSANOES OsOOOD.

««Sntet tnto Ms Ciates to(t1i Cfianltssfbrnff, anH fnto ]»to
Courts Mt^ ScaCse.'*

APPROACH not the altar
With gloom in thy soul ;
Nor let thy feet falter.

From terror's control I
God loves not the sadness

Of fear and mistrust ;
Oh, serve him with gladness —
The gentle, the just 1

2 His bounty is tender.
His being is love.
His smile fills with splendor,
The blue arch above.

MISCEUiAKEOUS. 555

Confiding, believing,

Oh I enter always,
** His courts with thanksgiving —

His portals with praise I "

Nor come to the temple

With pride in thy mien ;
But lowly and simple,

In courage serene.
Bring meekly, before him.

The faith of a child :
Bow down and adore him,

With heart undefiled.

s^

847 li. M. 6 1. AvONTMOUBi

&ntux'tiRs Sbentng.

^WEET to the soul the parting ray,
That ushers placid evening in.
When with the still, expiring day.

The Sabbath's peaceful hours begin ;
How grateful to the anxious breast,
The sacred hours of holy rest I

2 Hushed is the tumult of this day,
And worldly cares and business cease ;

While soft the vesper breezes play.

To hymn the glad return of peace.
O season blest I O moment given
To turn the vagrant thoughts to heaven I

3 Oft as this hallowed hour shall come,
O, raise my thoughts from earthly things,

And bear them to my heavenly home,
On living faith's immortal wings —
Till the last gleam of life decay,
In one eternal Sabbath day.

556 MISOELLANEOUS.

848 Vb M. QbmT.

SUPPLIANT, lo I thy chadren bend,
Father, for thy blessing now ;
Thou canst teach us, guide, defend, —
We are weak, almighty thou.

2 With the peace thy word imparts.
Be the taught and teacher blest ;
In their lives and on their hearts,
Father, be thy laws imprest.

8 Pour into each longing mind

Light and knowledge from above :
Charity for all mankind -^
Trusting faith, enduring love.

849 7'b M. BoWBiRa
«« 9te 3Sl(4 anlr ^oov meet toget^et.**

COiViE the rich and come the poor,
To the Christian temple door ;
Let their mingled prayers ascend
To the universal Friend.

2 Here the rich and poor may claim
Common ancestry and name ;
Claim a common heritage,

In the gospel's promised page.

3 Of the same materials wrought ;
By the same instructor taught ;
Walking in life's common way ;
Tending to the same decay.

MISCELLANEOUS. 557

4 Rich and poor at last shall meet
At the heavenly mercy-seat ;
Where the name of rich and poor
Never shall be uttered more.

850 ^* M- BOWMHGL

Cnnjj^tton*

|H, what a struggle wakes within,
When in the spirit's solitude,
The tempting, treacherous thoughts of sin,
In all their luring smiles intrude I

0'

2 T is then, my Father I then I feel

My nature's weakness, and, oppressed,
Like a poor trembling child I steal
To thee, for safety, and for rest.

3 Beneath thy shadow let me live I

Be thorn my friend, — my Father be I
I bend in trust, — I pray I forgive
The erring child that flies to thee I

851 C. AL S. W. LiYxsMou

Cjl^e Westevn €))utc^».
|UR pilgrim brethren dwelling fiir, —
O God of truth and love.
Light thou their path with thine own star,
Bright beaming from above;

0'

2 Wide as their mighty rivers flow,
Let thine own truth extend ;
Where prairies spread and forests grow,
O Lord, thy gospel send.

558 MISCELLANEOUS.

8 Then will a mighty nation own
A union firm and strong ; —
The sceptre of th' eternal throne
Shall rule its councils long.

852 8*8 & 7'8 M. PnOLFOlTT.

I_0D of mercy, do thou never
From our offering turn away,
But command a blessing ever
On the memory of this day.

G'

2 Light and peace do thou ordain it ;
O'er it be no shadow flung,
Let no deadly darkness stain it.
And no clouds be o'er it hung.

8 May the song this people raises,
And its vows to thee addressed,
Mingle with the prayers and praises.
That thou heareat from the blest.

4 When the lips are cold that sing thee,
And the hearts that love thee dust.
Father, then our souls shall bring thee
Holier love and firmer trust.

g53 ^' ^ MONTGOMIRT.

^penfna oC an ^tsan.
nnHE morning stars in concert sang,
X When God created heaven and earth ;
And earth and heaven with music rang,
When angels hailed Messiah's birth.

MISCELLANEOUS. 559

2 Nor ever, since his sabbath-rest,

When the great Maker from the skies,
His finished works beheld and bless'd,
Have songs of glory ceased to rise,

3 Where two or three in union meet.

Or thousands throng the house of prayer.
Heart-melodies, thanksgivings sweet,
And faithful vows, are offered there.

4 Now, with all instruments in one.

All spirits tuned to one accord.
Our prayer be this, <« Thy will be done f
And this our anthem, *' Praise the Lord l**

g54 ^' ^' ^* ^* SiGOITBNBT.

^OT for the summer's hour alone,
When skies resplendent shine.
And youth and pleasure fill the throne,
Our hearts and hands we join ;

N'

2 But for those stem and wintry days

Of sorrow, pain, and fear,
When Heaven's wise discipline doth make
Our earthly journey drear ; —

3 Not for this span of life alone.

Which like a blast doth fly,
And as the transient flowers of grass
Just blossom, droop, and die ; —

4 But for a being without end

This vow of love we take ;
Grant us, O God, one home at last,
For thy great mercy's sake.

560 MISCELLANEOUS.

855 8&7'8M. Ahok.
CaU of nie age.

WE are living, we are dwelling
In a grand and awful time ;
In an age on ages telling.
To be living is sublime.

2 Will ye play, then, will ye dally
With your music and your wine?
Up I it is the Almighty's rally 1
God's own arm hath need of thine I

856 ^ ^ ^O's M. Bryant.

Nc

I OT in the solitude
Alone may man commune with heaven, or see

Only in savage wood
And sunny vale the present Deity ;

Or only hear his voice
Where the wmds whisper and the waves rgoioe«

2 Even here do I behold

Thy steps. Almighty, here, amidst the crowd,
Through the great city rolled.

With everlasting murmur deep and loud, —
Choking the ways that wind

'Mongst the proud piles, the work of human kind.

3 And when the hours of rest
Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine,

Hushing its billowy breast ;
The quiet of that moment too is thine ;

It breathes of Him who keeps
The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.

HISCIXLANEOUS. 561

357 6'fl M. LUTHXE.

S|e 9eat|i of t&uxtjgtu.

T7LUNG to the heedless winds,
JO Or on the waters cast,
Their ashes shall be watched.

And gathered at the last :
And from that scattered dust.

Around us and abroad.
Shall spring a plenteous seed

Of witnesses for God.

2 The Father hath received

Their latest living breath ;
Yet vain is Satan's boast

Of victory in their death :
Still, still, though dead, they speak,

And trumpet-tongued proclaim
To many a wakening land

The one availing name.

g5g 10 & 6*8 M. Bbxviast.

W mans Jttattsts.

SING we the peerless deeds of martyred saints,
Their glorious merits and their portion blest ;
Of all the conquerors the world has seen.
The greatest and the best.

2 They trod beneath them every threat of man,
And came victorious all torments through ;
The iron hooks that piecemeal tore their flesh.
Could not their souls subdue.
86

562 HI8G£IXANEOnS.

3 What tongue those joys, O Jesus, can disclose,
Which for thv martyred saints thou dost pre-
pare!
Happy who in thy pains, thrice happy those
Who in thy glory share !

g^^ 7's M. SCHBMCK.

Sill Aafnts Sas.

WHO are those before God's throne,
What the crowned host I see?
As the sky with stars thick strown

Is tlieir shining company :
Hallelujahs, hark ! they sing ;
Solemn praise to God they bring.

2 Who are those arrayed in light.
Clothed in righteousness divine,

Wearing robes most pure and white,
That unstained shall ever shine.

That can nevermore decay ? —

Whence came all diis bright array?

8 They are those who much have borne,

Trial, sorrow, pain, and care ;
Who have wrestled night and mom

With the mighty God in prayer ;
Now their strife hath found its close ;

God hath turned away their woes.

4 They are those who hourly here

Served as priests before their Liord,

Offering up with gladsome cheer
Soul and body at liis word ;

Now within the holy pLoce,
They behold him face to face.

misci:ll.vneous. 563

^Smn of fHaxtsvn.

HYMN of martyrs let us sing,
The Innocents remembering,
Of whom in tears was earth bereaved,
But heaven with songs of joj received ;

A

2 Whose angels through eternity

The heavenly Father's face shall see,
Ajid to his grace then* praises bring, —
A hymn of martyrs let us sing.

ggj 0. M. Ancient Htmit.

91)e Voble 0rm2? of iHattsrs.

rilHE triumphs of the martyred saints
JL The joyous lay demand ;
The heart delights in song to dwell

On that victorious band, —
Those whom the senseless world abhorred.

Who cast the world aside,
Deeming it worthless, for the sake

Of Christ, their Lord and guide.

2 For him they braved the tyrant's rage,

The scourge's cruel smart ;
The wild beast's fang their bodies tore,

But vanquished not the heart ;
Like lambs before the sword they fell,

Xor cry nor plaint expressed ;
For patience kept the conscious mind,

And armed the fearless breast.

564 MISCELLANEOUS.

3 What tongue can tell the crown prepared

The martyr's brow to grace?
His shining robe, his joys unknown,

Before thy glorious face ?
Vouchsafe us, Lord, if such thy will,

Clear skies and seasons calm ;
If not the martyr's cross to bear,

And win the martyr's palm.

862 8'8 & 4's M. Whittikb.

STRONG, upwelling prayers of faith,
From inmost founts of life ye start, — •
The spirit's pulse, the vital breath
Of soul and heart I

0

2 Ye brook no forced and measured tasks.

Nor weary rote, nor formal chains ;
The simple heart, that freely asks
In love, obtains.

3 For man the living temple is.

The mercy-seat and cherubim.
And all the holy mysteries
He bears with him.

4 And most avails the prayer of love,

Which, wordless, shapes itself in deeds.
And wearies heaven for naught above
Our common needs ; —

5 Which brings to God's all perfect wUl

. That trust of his undoubting child.
Whereby all seeming good and ill
Are reconciled ; —

MISCELLANEOUS. 565

6 And seeking not for special signs
Of favor, 13 content to fall
Within the providence which shines
And ruins on all.

§53 11 & 10*8 M. Anohtmous.

fipftftual Blesstnipi.

ALmGHTY Father 1 thou hast many a
blessing
In store for every erring child of thine ;
For this I pray, — Let me, thy grace possessing,
Seek to be guided by thy wUl divine.

'2 Not for earth's treasures, for her joys the dearest,
Would I my supplications raise to thee ;
Not for the hopes that to my heart are nearest.
But only that I give that heart to thee.

3 I pray that thou wouldst guide and guard me
ever;
Cleanse, by thy power, from every stain of sin;
I will thy blessing ask on each endeavor,

And thus thy promised peace my soul shall
win.

864 lO's & 1 Ts M. Episcopal Coll.

9(e C(t2? oC tf on.

SHOUT the glad tidings, exultingly sing ;
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is king I
Zion, the marvellous story be telling.

The Son of the highest, how lowly his birth I
The highest archangel in glory excelling.
He stoops to redeem thee, he reigns upon earth.
Shout the glad tidings, etc.

fifiG MISCELLANEOUS.

2 Tell how he cometh ; from nation to nation,
The heart cheering news, let the earth echo
round;
How free to the faithful he offers salvatiun.
How his people with joj everlasting are

crowned.
Shout the glad tidings, etc.

8 Mortals, your homage be gratefully bringing.
And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise ;
Ye angels the full hallelujah be singing ;
One chorus resound through the earth and

the skies.
Shout the glad tidings, etc.

gg5 L. M. W. M. Fbbnald*

CCf^e Sours fitnyerfslia&le IS^ortt.

ETERNAL God, thy work alone,
In souls regenerate and sublime.
Securely stands, to change unknown,
And scorns the ravages of time.

2 Work we on marble? Slow, but sure,

Its crumbling statues turn to dust ;
Pale phantoms that awhile endure,
To tell how fleet is mortal trust.

3 Work we in brass ? How soon shall time

Its proudest monuments efface,
And every tender, hallowed line.

And form and feature, quit their place I

4 Or do we stately temples rear?

Behold I their strongest pillars yield.
And walls and arches disappear.
Foredoomed to fall, for ruin sealed.

MISCELLANEOUS. 567

5 But when we work upon the mind,

Its tablets grave, its sculpture hew,
And, sacred virtue there enshrined.
We bring the graces all to view, —

6 T is then such images we rear

As time and change may e'er defy ;
Life, beauty, joy, — all there appear.
And brighten to eternity I

ggg L. M. W.M.FBBHALB

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EVER swaying, conscious soul I
What tidal mysteries are these
That through my inmost being roll,
As borne upon the heaving seas ?

0.

2 From wave to wave, from land to land.
Of this vast inner world I' m tost ;
And now on heavenly heights I stand.
And now in dreadful deeps am lost.

8 O thou, who calm'st the outward strife
Of stormy seas 1 move now thy will,
And, in the realm of spirit life,

Say to its ragings, ''Peace, be still 1 **

4 Peace I — and a sacred calm shall flow
O'er all my passions, Lord, from thee ;
While gentle gales shall sweetly blow,
And waft me to eternity.

568 MISCELLAXEOUS.

gg7 L. M. BosooB.

e^e <SoUct of fam.

XT7HEN human hopes and joys depart,

▼ ▼ I give thee, Lord, a contrite heart ;
And on my weary spirit steal
The thoughts that pass all earthly weal.

2 I cast above my tearful eyes,
And muse upon the starry skies ;
And think that He who governs there
Still keeps me in his guardian care,

d I gaze upon the opening flower.

Just moistened with the evening shower ;
And bless the love which made it bloom,
To chase away my transient gloom.

4 I think whene'er this mortal firame
Betums again to whence it came.
My soul shall wing its happy flight
To regions of eternal light.

a 3tltttion of $0alm5.

VROU THE PSALMS OF DAVID.
ADAPTED TO APPROPRIATE ICTSIC IN "THE KELODU SACRA."

PSALM XIX. PART I. C, M.

S^e Jileabens IrecUve tf^e CSflots o^ ®oX

THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord,

Which that alone can fill ;
The firmament and stars express

Their great Creator's skill.

2 The dawn of each retuminj^ day

Fresh beams of knowledge brings ;
And from the dark returns of night
Diyine instraction springs.

8 Their powerful lan<^age to no xealm
Or region is confined ;
rris nature's voice, and understood
Alike by all mankind.

P8ALH XXTIL C. M.

eSflorfs Satrr.

THE Lord himself, the mighty Lord,

Vouchsafes to be my guide ;
The Shepherd by whose constant care

My wants are all supplied.

2 In tender grass he makes me feed.

And gently there repose ;
Then leads me to cool shades, and where
Refreshing water flows.

3 Since Grod doth thus his wondrous love

Through all my life extend.
That life to him I will devote.
And in his temple spend.

570 METRICAL PSALMS.

PSALM XXTX. L.M.

Sparse ^t %ovt! In Ws Sem|to,

YE tbat in might and power excel.
Your grateful sacrifice prepare ;

6od*8 glorious actions loudly tell.
His wondrous power to all declare.

2 To his great name fresh altars raise;
Devoutly due respect aiford ;
Him in his holy temple praise.
Where he ^s with solemn state adored.

8 Grod rules the angry floods on high ;

His boundless sway shall never cease ;
^Is saints with strength he will supply.
And bless his own with constant peace*

PSALM XXXIIl. CM.

9ta(se t!»e JLotH for W» 0roo^ncMU

LET all the just to God, with joy,

Their cheerful voices raise ;
For well the righteous it becomes

To sing glad songs of praise.

2 Let harps, and psalteries, and lutes,
In joyful concert meet ;
And new-made songs of great applanse
The harmony complete.

8 For faithful is the word of God ;
His works with truth abound ;
He justice loves ; and all the earth
Is with his goodness crownM.

PSALM XXXIV. CM.

THROUGH all the changing scenes of life.

In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my Giod shall still

My heart and tongue employ.

METRICAL PSALMS. 571

2 O, magnify the Lord with me,
With me exalt his name :
When in distress to him I called.
He to mj rescue came.

8 O, make but trial of his love,
Experience will decide
How blest they are, and only they.
Who in his truth confide.

4 Fear him, ye saints : and you will then
Have nothing else to fear :
Make you his service your delighti
Your wants shall be his care.

FSALH XLI. CM.

HAPPY the man whose tender care

Relieyes the poor distressed !
When troubles compass him around.

The Lord shall give him rest.

2 The Lord his life, with blessings crowned
In safety shall prolong ;
And disappoint the will of those
Who seek to do him wrong.

8 If he, in languishing estate.
Oppressed with sickness lie ;
The Lord will easy make his bed»
And inward strength supply.

PSALM XLV. CM.

CSfoH our Bfng.

WHILE I the King^s loud praise reheaxw»

Indited by mv heart,
My tongue is like the pen of him

That writes with ready art.

2 How matchless is thy form, O King I
Thy mouth with ^race overflows ;
Be<*ause fresh blessings God on thee
Eternally bestows.

572 METRICAL FSALUS.

3 Gird on thy sword, most mighty Prince ;

And clad in rich array.
With glorious ornaments of power.
Majestic pomp display.

4 Ride on in state, and still protect

The meek, the just, and true ;
Whilst thy right hand, with swifb rereagciy
Does all thy foes pursue.

6 But thy firm throne, O Giod, is fizM
Forever to endure ;
Thy sceptre^s sway shall always last,
By righteous laws secure.

6 Whilst this my song to future times
Transmits tiiy glorious name.
And makes the world with one consent
Thy lasting praise proclaim.

PSALH XLVT. 8*S1L

flroir out Slefttge.

GOD is our refuge in distress,

A present help when dangers press,

in him uncfaunted we Tl confide ;
Though earth were from hor centre tost.
And mountains in the ocean lost,

Tom piecemeal by the roaring tide.

2 A gentler stream with gladness still
The city of our Lord shall fill,

The royal seat of God most high :
God dwells in Zion, whose fair towers
Shall mock th^ assaults of earthly powers.

While his almighty aid is nigh.

PSALM XLVIIL a M.

0te 2.ot)i tB €rre8t.
THE Lord, the only God, is great.

And greatly to be praised
In Zion, on whose happy mount

His sacred throne is raised.

METiaC.VL PSALMS. 673

2 In Zion wc have seen porfonnM
A work that was foretold,
In pledge that God, for times to oonxs
His city will uphold.

8 Let Zion^s mount with joy resound
Her daughters all be taught
In ft>ng8 his jud<:rinent to extol
Who this delivVance wrought.

4 This God is ours, and will be oun
Whilst we in him confide ;
Who, as he has preserved us now,
Till death will be our guide.

PSALM LVn. L. M.

9nx Sastev.

THY mercy. Lord, to me extend,
On thy protection I depend.
And to thy wings for shelter haste
Until this raging storm be past.

2 To thy tribunal. Lord, I fly.
Thou sovereign Judge and God most hi^
Who wonders hast for me begun,
And will not leave thy work undone.

8 O God, my heart is fixM, ^t is bent,
Its thankful tribute to present ;
And, with my heart, my voice 1 11 raise
To thee, my God, in songs of praise.

4 Awake, my glory ; harp and lute.
No longer let your strmgs be mute :
And I, my tuneful part to take,
Will with the early dawn awake.

5 Be thou, O God, exalted high ;
And as thy glory fills the sky.
So let it be on earth display'd.
Till thou art here, as there obey'd.

574 HETBIGAL FSAUCS.

PSALM LXVI. PART I. aM.

Samest 9taf0e.

LET all tbe lands, with shouts of joy*

To Grod their voices raise :
Sing psalms in honor of his name,

^d spread his glorious praise.

8 Through all the earth, the nations round
ShaU thee, their God, confess ;
And with glad hymns, their awful dread
Of thy great name express.

8 O, come I behold the works of Grod,
And then with me you ^11 own
That he to all the sons of men
Has wondrous judgment shown.

4 0 all ye nations, bless our Grod,
And loudly speak his praise ;
Who keeps our souls alive, and still
Confirms our steadiast ways.

PSALM LXVII. 8. H.

Ws ®lors sliall te maHe ttnoton (n aU t^ Sactt*

TO bless thy chosen race.

In mercy, J^rd, incline ;
And cause the brightness of thy face

On all thy saints to shine :

8 That so thy wondrous way

May through the world be known ;
While distant lands their tribute pay
And thy salvation own.

8 0,let them shout and sing.
With joy and pious mirth ;
For thou, the rigliteous Judge and Eing,
Shalt govern all the earth.

4t Then shall the teeming ground,
A large increase disclose,
And we with plenty shall be crowned.
Which God, our God,bestows.

METBICAL PSALMS. 575

5 Then Grod upon our land

Shall constant blessings shower;
And all the world in awe shall stand
Of his resistless power.

PSALM LXXIV. C. M.

Blessed Kxt t^tji to|)o toorsfirp In ^t» Snnylt*

O GOD of hosts, the mighty Lord,

How lovely is the place
Where thou, enthroned in glory, show'st

The brightness of thy face !

2 My longing soul faints with desire
To view thy blest abode ;
My panting heart and (lesh ciy oat
For thee, the living God.

8 O Lord of hosts, my King and God,

How highly bless'd are they.

Who in thy temple always dwell,

And there thy praise display !

4t Thrice happy they, whose choice has tht&B
Their sure protection made.
Who long to tread the sacred ways
That to thy dvrelling lead !

PSALM XCl. PART 11. 2. 88 M.

®oti our CSuarHtati*

IIE that has God his guardian made
Shall under the Almiglity^s shade

Secure and undisturbed abide ;
Thus to mv soul of him I '11 say,
He is my fortress and my stay.

My Grod in whom I will confide.

2 His tender love and watchful care
Shall free thee from the fowler's snare.

And from the noisrome pestilence ;
He over thee his wings shall spread.
And cover thy unguarded head ;

His truth shall be thy strong defence.

676 MBTRICAL PSALMS.

PSALM XCIL C. M.

JHomrnB anH Cbenfiiff 9tafft*

HOW good and pleasant must it be
To thank the Lord most high ;

And with repeated hjrmns of praise
His name to magnify !

2 With eyery moming^s early dawn
His goodness to relate ;
And of his constant truth, each night.
The glad effects repeat !

8 To ten-stringed instrumentii we ^11 sing.
With tuneful psalteries joinM ;
And to the harp, with solemn sounds,
For sacred use designed.

PSALM XCIIL L. M.

0ft]) 6rlors tfUH.

WITH glory clad, with strength arrayed
The Lord that o^er all nature reigns.

The world^s foundation strongly laid.
And the vast fabric still sustains.

2 How surely stablisVd is thy throne P
Which shall no change or period see;
For thou, O Lord, and thou alone.
Art (rod from all eternity.

d The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice.
And toss the troubled waves on high ;
But Ood above can still their noise.
And make the angiy sea comply.

4 Thy promise. Lord, is ever sure.

And they that iu thy house would dwell*
That happv station to secure.
Must still in holiness excel.

PSALM XCV. L. M.

<^ttr 3ftoc!t anH out Aalbatfon.

O COME, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks to our almighty King ;
For we our voices high should raise.
When our salvation^s rock wo praise.

METSIGAIi PSALMS. 577

2 Into bis presence let ns haste.
To thank him for his favors past ;
To him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to lus'name TOlongi ;

3 O, let ns to his courts repur,
And bow with adoration there :
Down on onr knees devoutly all

Before the Lord, our Maker, fall. ^

PSALM ZCVL 8'flL

fSi Sbtmn of Svatse.

SING to the Lord a new-made song;
Let earth in one assembled throng,

Her common patron^s praise resound :
Sing to the Lord, and bless his name.
From day to day, his praise proclaim,

Who us has with salvation crowned.
To heathen lands his fame rehearse.
His wonders to the iwiverse.

2 Proclaim aloud Jehovah reigns.
Whose power the universe sustains.

And banished justice will restore :
Let therefore heaven new jovs confess-i)
And heavenly mirth let earth expressi

Its loud applause the ocean roar
Its mute inhaoitants rejoice.
And for this triumph m^ tk TOio^,

PSALM CVl. L. M.
Wb JIKetcs enHuret!) #otebf«*

O, RENDER thanks to God above.
The fountain of eternal love ;

Whose mercy firm through ages paal
Has stood, and shall forever last.

2 Who can his mighty deeds express.
Not only vast, but numberless P
What mortal eloquence can raise
XUs tribute of immortal praise ^

578 METRICAL FSALBfg.

8 0,may T worthy proTe to nee
Thy saints in full prosperity^
That I the joyful choir may join,
And count thy people^s tnumph

4 Let Israelis God be ever blessM,
His name eternally confessM ;
Let all his saints, with full accord.
Sing loud Amens, — praise ye the Loid*

PSALM CVn. CM.

lte[ofc(nj| in Son.

WITH cheerful notes let all the earth
To heaven their voices raise ;

Let all, inspired with godly mirth*
Sing solemn hymns of praise.

9 Grod*8 tender mercy knows do bound
His truth shall ne'er decay ;
Then let the willing nations round
Their grateful tribute pay.

8 Then open wide the temple gates
To which the just repair.
That I may enter in, and praise
My great Deliverer there.

4 Within those gates of God's abode

To which the righteous press.
Since thou hast heard and set me 8afe»
Thy holy name V 11 bless.

5 That which the builders once refused

Is now the comer-stone :
This is the wondrous work of Grod,
The work of (rod alone.

6 This day is God's, let all the land

Exalt their cheerful voice :
Lord, we beseech thee, save us now
And make us still rejoice.

METRICAL PSALMS. 579

PSALKCXXn. CM.

O, T WAS a loyful sound, to hear

Our tribes deyoixtly say.
Up, Israel, to the temple hastOt

And keep your festal daj I

2 At Salem^s oonrts we must appear.
With our assembled powers.
La strong and beauteous order ranged
Like her united towers.

8 ^ is thither, by diTine command,
The tribes of God repair,
Before his ark to celebrate
His name with praise and prayer.

4 But most of an 111 seek thy good.
And erer wish thee well.
For Zion and the templets sake.
Where Crod vouchsafes to dwell.

PSALM CXXZnL C. M.

SSrvt^etls 3M9.

HOW vast must their advantage be»

How great their pleasure prove,
Who live like brethren, and consent

In offices of love I

2 True love is like the precious oil,
Wliich,pourM on Aaron^s head.
Ban down his beard, and o^er his rolMt
Its costly fragrance shed.

8 ^18 like refreshing dew, which does
On Hermon^s top distil ;
Or like the early drops, that fall
On Zion's favor'd hill.

4 For Zion is the chosen seat
Where the Almighty King
The promised blessing has ordained.
And lifers eternal spring.

680 METBICAL TSALUa^

P8ALK CXXXVI. H. IC

Sfie JLobe of 0ro).

TO God» die miffhfy Lord,

Your ioyful tnanks repeal;
To him due praise afford,
Asgood as }ie ia great.
I^r God does prove

Our constant friend ;
"HIb boundless love
Shall nerer end.

2 By his almighty hand

Amazing works are wrought ;
The heavens bv his command
Were to penection brought.
For God, etc.

8 By him the heavens display

Their numerous hosts of light.
The sun to rule by day.
The moon and stars by night.
For God, etc.

4 He does the food supply

On which all creatures live :
To God, who reigns on high.
Eternal praises give.
For God will prove

Our constant friend ;
His boundless love
Shall never end.

F8ALM CXLVn. G. M.

fSi 9s8lm of VttiUit'

O, PRAISE the Lord with hymns of joy.

And celebrate his fame ;
For pleasant, ^ood, and comely H is

To praise his holy name.

2 To Grod, the Lord, a hymn of praise
With grateful voices sing ;
To songs of triumph tune the harp.
And strike each warbling string.

UETBIOAL FSALH8. 581

8 He covers heaven with clouds, and thenoe
Refreshing rain bestows.
And on the mountains through his cafOy
The grass in plenty grows.

4 Let Zion and Jemsalem

To Grod their praise address ;
Whose strength secures their lasting gatofl
Who does their children bless.

FSALU CXLVni. H. IL

Snrbetsal Vvsfse*

YE boundless realms of jojr.
Exalt your Maker^s fame ;
His praise your sons employ
Above the stany frame :
Your voices raise.

Ye Cherubim
And Seraphim.
To sing his praise.

9 Thou moon, that rurst the night.
And sun, that guid^st the day,
Yeglittering stars of light,
To him your homage pay :
His praise declare.

Ye heavens abcfve.
And clouds that move
In liquid air.

3 Let them adore the Lord,
And praise his holy name,
By whose ahnighty word
They all from nothing came ;
And all shall last

From changes free ;
His firm decree
Stands ever fast.

582 METBIGAL FSALlfS.

4 United zeal be shown

His wondrous fame to raise.
Whose glorious name alone
Deserves our endless praise.
Earth^s utmost ends
His power obey ;
His glorious sway
The sky transcends.

PSALM CL. L. H.

9ra(8e Wm tot Wn eEroo)ine«i.

O, PRAISE the Lord in that blest place
From whence hb goodness hmely flows ;

Praise him in heaTen, where he ms faco.
Unveiled in perfect glory, shows.'

S Praise him for all the mighty acts
Which he in our behalf has done ;
His kindness this return exacts,
With which our praise should equal run.

8 Let the shrill trumpet*s warlike voice

Make rocks and hills his praise rebound*
Praise him with harp^s melodious noise
And gentle psaltery^s silver sound.

4 Let them who joyful hymns compose.
To cvmbals set their songs of praise ;
To well-tuned cytnbals, and to those
That loudly sound on solemn days.

GENERAL INDEX.

BTMK8.
L SABBATH WORSHIP.

IlVVOCATIOir I^rom 1 to 10

Tub Sabbath... ** 11 lo 27

The Sarctuabt '* 28<d 39

Worship AND PRAiSB *' iO to 77

Yespebs ** 78^118

n. GOD.

Ills Perfections and Attiiibutss From 119 to 174

His Providence ** 175<ol81

His Works " 182 to 201

His Word " 20Zto2il

His Spirit " 2i2to218

III. CHRIST.

His Advent From 2l9to228

His Lips ** 229to242

His Sufferings AND Death " 243to251

His Resurrection AND Glort " 262to260

His Offices AND Praise ** 207to800

IV. THE GOSPEL.

Its Invitations From 301to312

Its Promises. " 813to8i7

Its Extension " 8i8to329

Its Triumph « 830to8S6

584 GENERAL INDEX.

Y.MAN.

Trial akd SnrFERcro JVom 357<o36l

BBPEHTAHCB ASTD BSFORyATION ** 382 <0 375

Christian ViBTtrBS AND LiPB ** 875lo4.T7

Christian Aspirations and Exbrcisbs. " 438 lo 63ft

Christian Peaob AND Jot '< 535to557

) Death " 558to&78

IMMORTALITT AND HBATEN " 679lo602

Consolation ** 003lo6l6

Funeral Htxns .••• ** tntoSS^

yi. THE CHUBCH.

Its Worth and Work JVoai 630fo8M

Hembership AND Ordinances ** 63Slo«60

Dedication ** <Mi7lo674

Ordination ** 075lo680

Installation ** csitot^

Associations AND Conventions " 96itofm

Conference " 680lo706

YU. OCCASIONAL.

Fast and Thanksoivino F)pim 707fo71ft

Tub Seasons and Annual Occasions ** 716 to 729

National Htmns ** 730to743

Philanthropic AND Keforuatory *' 7i4to7Si

rax. HOME AND CHILDREN .FVom 782 fo SOS

[X. CLOSING HYMNS AND DOXOLOGIES JVtMn 808 lo 813

X. MISCELLANEOUS I)rom 8Mto867

XI. METRICAL PSALMS From page VQ to SSt

INDEX TO FIRST UNES.

Abide with me; fiwt fUls the eventide Xyl« 479

Above, below, where'er I gaze Montffomerj^t CoU, 171

Above the temple'ii lifted spire Harria 261

Afhildtodie. O.idleftarl Jot^ B. Smith KH

Again as evening^fl Hhadow faltt 90

Again the Lord of life and light Mr$. Barbauld 'H

An, why should bitter tears be shed O.8. Burleigh 67t>

A hvmn of martyrs let us sing , Bede MO

A King shall reign in rfghtoousncss 3. Streeier 2tii

AW hail the power of Jesus' name Duncan 285

All men are equal in their birth ff.MarHneau 775

All nature feels attractive power Drennan 787

A 11-powernil, self-existing God WaUcer^t CoU. 128

All souls, O l^rd are tliine; assurance blest Epe» Sargent 360

Almighty and immortal King DoddHdge 130

Almighty Father 1 thou hast many a blessing H03

Almighty GodI In humble prayer ifon^^omerif 478

Almighty Spirit, now behold 770

Am 1 asoldicrof the cross WatU 380

Angels, roll the rock away Oibbont 263

Another day its cotn^o hath run Pierponi 704

Another fleeting day is gone Coftyer 81

Another hand is beckoning us WhUtier ffU

Another pastor hast thou given C.ff. JVqr 683

A notlier Sablmth, Lord, has gone Mrs, CoutUrfftnan 810

Another six davs> work is done Stenneti 11

Approach not the altar Franeea Osgood BM

Arise, my soul, shake off thy fears PTaitM 3^5

Arm of tiie lx>rd, awake I awake Shrubsole 617

As body when the soul has fled Drummond 484

As distant lands beyond the sea CD. Stuart 601

As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Ifoore 441

As earth's pageant paxses by Beautnoni 664

Asleep In J esus I blessed sleep I Mr$. Macbaj/ 672

As showers on meadows newly mown 815

* As the hart, with eager looks MotUgomem 438

At evening time, let there be light 100

Autliorof good totheewe turn ^erricl; 463

Awake my soul, injoyftillays MedUg 288

Awake, my soul r lift up thine eyes Ifri . AorftotcM 384

Awake my sonll stnncn every nerve Doddridge 382

Awake, our souls, away ourlears WaUe 883

Be Arm and be fkithftal : desert not the right 400

Before Jehovah's awful throne WaUe 160

586 INDEX TO FIBST LINES.

Before the world was mMe S.ShrteUr 331

Behold a stranger at the door .*. DoddridgeVS

Behold that wise, that perfect law '.Doddridge 4itk

Behold, the morning nun WoUm SI4

Behold the western evening light W.B,0. Peabodv 602

Be It my onl v wl^lom here Wesleifi CoU, 531

BeJoyfulInGod. allyelandsof the earth Montgoment 706

Befls ring out with cheerftil might He$u^ C, Lwmtrtl 228

Beneath the thick hut straggling cloads 748

Be thou, O God, exalted hl^ TaieandBrae^ M

Be with me, Ix>rd. where'er I go CkrittioH PttdmiH iOB

Beyond, heyond the boundless sea Conder IM

Birds have their quiet nest Lgra DonuaOea 238

Blessed be thy nametbrever ,,.,.Hogg 153

Bless God, ve servants that attend 822

Blest day of God I most calm, most bright Oto.Herteri 22

Blest Instructor, from thy ways 3terrick¥ff

Blest is the hour when cares depart S. F.Smithmk

Blest is the man who t^ars the Lord Kxeter CotL iS7

Blest is the man whose softening heart Mrs, BarboMld 415

Blest who with generous pity glows PraWt CoU. 747

Both heaven and earth do worship thee SI. Ambrose 80

Bread of heaven, on thee we tbea Cbiuier 651

Bread of the world, in mercy broken.... JBtber 6*1

Break every yoke the gospelcries 772

Breathe thoughts of pity o*er a brother's fiill 762

Brightest and best of the sons of tlie morning ffeber 226

Brother, hast thou wandered far J, F. darbe 706

But who shall see the glorious day T.Moore 3f0

By cool SUoam's shady rill .' Ueber Sm

Called by the Sabbath bells away Sun. School ff. B. aft

Calm on the listening ear of night E. H. Sear$ 219

Calm on the bosom of thy God Mre.Hemana 622

Child amidf«t the flowers at play ktrt. Hewuuu 4.14

Children of the Heavenly King Cenniclr 540

Children of light, awake I BulJtnchVil

Christ leads me through no darker rooms R. Baxter 495

Christ, my Lord, I come to bless thee Gregory Kaziamai 1 17

Christ, the Lord, is risen to dav 254

Christ, whose glory mis the skies C. ITrsZey 270

Christtanst brethreni ere we port H.K. VTkiteGt^

Clay to clay, and dust to dust r. 577

Close his eyes, his work is done Oeorge B. Bokcr 740

Come hither, all ye weary souls Watte 305

Come holy Spirit, heavenly Dove Watte 213

Come, kiDgtloni of our God Johiu 331

Come, let us anew C Wesiqf 721

Come, let us pray; *t is sweet to feci 418

Come, let us loin our cheerful songs Watts 701

Come, said Jesus' sacred voice Mre. Jlarhautd 301

Come, sing a 8aviour^s power K. Tamtr 394

Come, sound hlH praise abroad Watte 601

Come tlie rich and come the poor .Bowring 819

Come, thou Almighty King DobeWeCoiL 1

Come, thou Fount of every blessing Bobtneon 093

Come, thou loug-expoctcd Jesus Sari 704

Come to the house of prayer /?. T\tglor 29

Come to the land of pence BriggU VoU. 605

Come ye disconslate, where'er ye langul:«h Moore 613

Come ye that know and fear the Lord O.Mwder 72

INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 587

HTMN

Oome, ye that lore the Lord.. Watt9 MO

Dark were tlie patha our Alaster trod Ckukdl 243

Day bvday the mauna fell Conder 457

De»r JesusI ever at my side Faber TttO

Dear I iOrd, behold, thy eervan to. here H. BtMou fi85

Death In the fading of a cloud HarrU 658

DeathlfSB principle, arlne Toplady 6tt2

Deem not that they are blessed alone iiryani 606

Do not 1 love thee, O my f^ordf Doddridge 290

Down the dark ftiture through loug generations Longfellow M7

Drop the limpid waters now Bawring flOS

Each fearfhl storm that o*er us rolls AUee Cory 545

Eiirrh has uothin*^ sweet or fair Oerman 296

Earth's busy sounds and ceaseless din 15

Earth's cliildreii cleave to earth ; her frail.... Bryant 610

Earth's transitory things decay Bowting 690

Karth, with her ten Uioiisand flowers 147

Eternal God. thou light divine 474

Eternal God, thy work alone W»If,Femald 805

Eternal source of every Joy Doddridge 729

Eternal Sun of Uighteousness » 819

Eternal Wisdom, tiiee we praise « Watts 143

Ere monntaiuM reared their forms sublime. . . . Spirit of the Pmlma 169

Every bird tliat upward springs Keaie 260

Even he who lit the stars of old 143

Every human tie may perish Kelly 129

Exalt the Lord our God Wait» 7t

Fading, still fluUng, the last beam is shining 100

Faltliiul, O Lord, thy mercies are Montgomery 173

Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss SaUnbury CoU, 400

Faith, hope, and charity, these three Montgomery 407

Faith is the polar star 408

Farewell life i my senses swim Tkomae Hood 607

Far from mortal cares rvtreating J, T^KuUnr 000

Far fhim these scenes of night Mrs. Steele 6«0

Far from the L.ord I waudere<i lon<^ Harris 6W

Far from my thoughts, vain world I be gone Watts 70:1

Father adored in worlds al>ove Popf?s CoU. 460

Father and friend, thy light, thy love Bowring 119

Father, at thb altar bending K. H Chapin 077

Fatlier at thy footstool see MethodUtCoU. 10

Fatherl glory be to thee OnskeUBEa

FaTlier, hear our humble prayer bSi

Father, I know tliat all my life Anna L. Waring 370

Father in heaven to thee my heart H. Ware^Jr. 9

Father, lot wvoonHecrate E. H. Cttapin 670

Fa- her of all our mercies, thou UrwicJ^s Coll. 483

Father uf all I whose cares extend Pope 458

Father of light conduct my feet Smart 624

Father of me and all mankind Wesley's Coll. 468

Fatherof mercies, in tliy word Steele 206

Father of omnipresent ^n^aoe C. Wesley 74

Father of our feeble race J. Taylor 744

Fatiier, U hear me now Ann W.Hall 614

Father .Supreme I Thou high and holy One 93

Fai her 1 there is no change to live with tliee Jones Very 160

Father, thy gentle chastisement H. Ware, Jr, 357

Father, thy paternal care Bowring 84

Father, to thy kind love we owe Bryasii 160

588 INDEX TO FIBST LINES.

Father! whate'er of earthly bllaa JHppof^* CoU, at

Father, we bless the ffentle care S. S. dtitiug 787

Father, we pray for those who dwell AHm Fletcher 764

Father, whca In dust to thee R, Grant 4ft)

Fear was within tlie tossing bark Mrs. Hemana 237

Feeble, helpless, how shall 1 ...- FumetM 611

]«lung to the heedless winds Luther VS7

For ful thy glAs we praise thee, Lord J, F. Clarice 778

For a season called to part NeuOon h06

Forever with tlie Lord MofUffomerff bi&

Forth (Vom the dark and stormy sky Ilfbtr (HH

Fret not, poor soul : while doubt and fear Adelaitle I*rocter 4W

Friend after friend departs Mantaomery Oiff

From all tliat dwell below the skies Watts Ml

Fiom all who dwell in heaven above Jiarrie 14a

From every stormy wind that blows • Stowell esa

From Greenland's icy mountains Htber 3:^<i

From the recesses of a lowly spirit Bovofiag 469

From the table now retiring 698

»om worship, now, thy church dismiss B^BaUan 8i3

Gently, Lord. O gently lead us 700

Ulveas God nath given thee 746

Give to the winds tiiy fears Moravian 609

Glorious things of thee are spoken.. J, Hatttm 639

Glory, glory to our King JTe^ 283

Glorious in thy saints appear Salialmry Cod. kH

GlorvtoGodon high R^tpon^MColL 816

God Diess our native land 731

God moves in a mysterious way Cowper 6-'H

God's glory is a wondrous thing Lyra Cath. Grtf

God is in his holy temple 28

God is love; his mercy brightens.... Bowring 144

God is my strong salvation SfoRlffomery &39

God made all his creatures free MorUgomery 774

God of eternity I from thee itoddridge 725

God of love, we look to thee Wesleu*a CoU. 411

God of mercy, do thou never Pierpont aSiS

God of mercy, God of grace J, Taylor dGi

God of mercv , hear our prayer CampbiM*» Coll, 784

God oftlte free, upon thy breath W.R, Widlnce 742

God of my life, through all its days IfodUridge 174

God of my life, whose gracious power 127

God of the sunlight liours, how sad Litch,neUl CoU. luri

God of the universe whose hand IF. I>iylor i76

GiKlonly is the creature's home Fubcr 619

God reigns, events in order flow Scott 179

God shall bless thy going out tfesl^ 6M

God, that madent earth and luuiven UHter 112

God, thou art good I each perfumed flower Mr». FoOm^ 1U6

Go'i, who is JuKt and kind Patrick 6:i8

Go In peacel— serene lUsniis.xion biS

Gone are those gicat and good l*ierpout TM

Go lo dark Getht$eniune Montgomery ii¥i

Go to thy rest, fair cliild 621

Go when thi' morning slilnelh Edin. Lit, Review -144

Gracious Source oi e> erv blesslni; 827

Gracious spirit, dwell with me T. T. Lynch 217

GreatcHt of beingN t (source of lire Dyer 177

Great Framer ol the earth aad blcy ...jBreno. fSk

INDEX TO FIB8T UNE8. 589

HTMN

Great fhuner of annmnbered worlds Dyer 707

Qi«at6odI attend wblle Zion sings ,,. ..Waits 33

Great Godt in vain man's narrow view Kinpis V/H

Great Godt how infinite art thou I WiM$ 103

Great God I let all our tuneful powers Uffrinhotham 7 1 A

Great God our Klngl to thee Mrs. E. M. Bamtaw 071

Great GodI this sacred day of thine Mrs. Steele 20

Great God I we sing that mighty hand Doddridge 723

Great God, whose universal sway Waua 318

Gi^eat Ruler of all nature's fVame \9t

'Guide me, O thou great Jehovah Oliver 370

Had I, dear Lord, no pleasure found Fnber 440

II ud I the tongues of Greeks and Je ws Watts 406

Hall great Creator, wise and good Lutheran Coll, 189

Hail r Source ofllght, of life and love M. Rayner 00

Hall, sweetest, dearest tic that binds Sutton 099

Hail the day that sees him rise Mtutan 260

Hail the God of our salvation 152

Hail to the Lord's anointed Montoumery 299

Hall to the 8abbatli day Btdjinch 18

Happy the heart where graces reign fFatta 409

Happy the meek, whose gentle breast Scott 4!0

HarkI harkl with harps of gold E.H. Chapin 221

Hark, the gospel trumpets sounding JfincheWs Coll. 312

Hark I the lierald angels sing 220

Harkl tlie song ofiuoUee Montgomery 338

Hark I the voice of choral song P. fl. Sweet:^er 750

Hark I the vesper hymn is stealing Montgomery 99

Hark t what mean those holy voices Cawood 223

Hast thou midst life's empty noises Whittier 3i)3

Hath not thy heart within thee burned Bulfinch 542

Have we no tears to shed for tiim f Lyra Cath, 24{

Health of the weak, to make them strong Lyra C<Uh. 487

Hear the Itcralds of the gospel AlUn :Myj

Hear what God, the Lora, hath spoken Cotoper 339

Hear us. Heavenly Father, hear us I L<mg/ellow*s Vespers 95

Heaven is a place of rest from sin Montgomery 5UH

Heaven is here. Its hymns of gladness J. O. Adams 657

Heavenly Father, gracious name Doildritl^e 1 50

He calls us to a day of gladness Ephraim Syms 240

Help us to help each other, Lord Methodist Coll. 4 1 2

Here, Gracious God, do thou Breviury 807

Hero, In the broken bread Furneits (H9

Here, Saviour, we would come Eng. Bap. Coll. 045

He, that goeth forth with weeping /tastings 327

He who himself and God would know Mnrtineau 118

He who walks In virtue's way Boxvring 435

H igh as the heavens are raised WtUts 108

High in the heavens, eternalijod WatU 102

Holy, holy, holy Lord Salisbury Coll. 01

Holy Son of God most high Bu{flnch 233

Homage pay to God above 835

How beauteous are their feet Watts 300

How l>eautl till the sight Montgomery 413

How charmUig is the place Stennett 35

How dread are thino eternal years Faber 140

How gentle God's commands Doddridge 507

How glorious is the hour Bulfinch 370

How lovely are thy dwellings. Lord Milton 88

How happy Is he bom or taught Sir. J£, WoUon 419

590

INDEX TO FIRST LINES.

RTM1I

How pleasant, how diTlii«1y ftdr Watts 90

How plcaning, Lord f to kog 78B

How precious U the book divine Rippcn^M CoU. 20i

How rich thy giaA, Almighty King Kippi* 714

1 1 ow shall the young secure their hearts f Watts *J09

How Shalt thou bear the cross that now Faber 016

How shall we praline thee, Ix)rd of light Bofuring 86

How sleep tlie brave who sink to rest ColHus 741

) I ow sweetly flowed tl ic gOMoePs sound Bawrimg 230

How sweet,* bow calm, thif* sabbath morn 17

How sweet to reflect on the Joys tliat avvait us A. C T%omiu €05

How sweet upon this Racred day ^Trs, FfAloi 12

How precious are thv thoughts of peace Montgomery 15S

Hushed be the battle's fearlul roar 768

'* I am the way, the truth, tlie lUfe,'* MUs L, 71 OaswOl 670

I cannot always trace tlie way 1^

I cauuot phiiiilv see the wav Jlice Cairy 400

I do not a>k, ( )' lx>rd, that life may be Adelaide I'rocter 4G1

If all our hopes and all our fears Bowring 586

If God is mine, then present things Hymns of the Anes 518

If solid happiness we prize Cotton 426

If thou of (io<l wouhr«t truly learn Mme. Gu^on 407

1 know not if the dark or brlirht B.C. lYenck 623

I know that mv Uedecmer lives 202

I Ml praise my Maker while I 've breath ffatts eoi

I long fur household voices gone Whittier 008

I love to steal awhile away Mrs. Brown TVS

I love thy Church, O God Ihright 6:13

I love the volume of thy word Watts 200

1 may not scoru the meanest thing R. mcoli 771

Impoiiture shrinks from llglit Scott 422

In each breeze that wandeitifVce B. C. Watfrston 101

1 n ( lOd's ctern i ty U. Jiallou 354

I n pleajtant lands have fallen the lines Flint 700

Inspirer of theancii'ut jtocrs 216

In thel>onds of dt'uth lie lay Lnth^ 258

In thecros.sof Ch^i^tt I glorV Bowring 248

In the morning sow thy M>ed 761

In thy court.s, let peace be found ,..,,Bty{oring 30

I see the wrong ti at round me lies Wliittier 100

Is it true that augeKs hoar us J. O. BarthoU>mew 5H3

1 sing the mighty power of God WxUs ir>4

I nrael's J?licphercl, guide us, feed us Bickrrsteth K^0

Is there a lone and dreary hour Mr*. Oilman 4b5

It is the one tnie light E, Taylor 2iO

It is the hour of pia>er '^

It lleMuroun<l us like a cloud H. B. Stowe 5U7

1 want a])nniMi)h' within G, Wesley 525

1 want a sober mhid •. 377

I worship thee, sweet will of Ood Lyra Oath. 404

I would uot live al way ; i ask not to stay MuJUetttmrg 504

Jehovah God I thy graclons power ..»., Thompson ITS

erusalem I my lui ppy home Christian PnUinist 5K7

Je8UH his eminre nhall extend H. BaUou 335

Jesus, lover ot'my soul Wesley 275

JesuH, my retl<mier \\\'vi>..f.mtisn^ KleclreaH of Brandenburg^ 1053 201

Jesus shall reign where'er the "un Watts 333

Je^UN, thou joy uf luvhig hearts St. Bemtard 656

Jesus, thy boundless love tome C^WcsU^ 606

INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 591

HTMW

Jenis, what preeept Is like thine Mrs, TAvermore 763

Jews wero wroufflit to cruel madneM W.J. Fox 247

J oiu all the glorious names WaUt 2Hei

Joy to tlie earth I the Frince of Peace. A. C. Thomas 307

Joy to the world — the Lord is come WtUts .111

Juntas 1 am without one plea Charlotte EWot^ vnaa 3d5

Kind Lord, before thy flioe E, Tumtr 806

Know my soul, thy iull salvation OrcaU 660

Lamp of our feet I whose hallowed beam 211

Lay aside thy mourning, Mary...^daiifto/<SV. Victor ^ lah Cmtury 2(Vft

Lead U8 with tliy gentle sway Bowring (WO

J^t every mortal ear attend WtUis 306

Let chilcfreu liear the mighty deeds Watts 712

Let my life be hid in thee 662

I^et plenteous grace descend on those Jas. Newton 061

l^t party names no more Beddome 636

Let us with a joymi mind AfUton 197

Lift up your heads, ye mi^rhty gates Weutzel 48

Lift your glad voices in triumph on high H. Ware 255

Light or those whose dreary dwelling Toplady 473

Light oflifc, serapliic fire C. Wesley 8

Like Israel's host to exile driven JET. Ware^ Jr. 737

Lllce morning, — when her early breexe Moore 368

Lilce shadows gliding o'er the plain J. Titulor 673

Lo, God is here { Let us adore Stdisbnry CoU. 32

Lol in tliv garden agony Montattmery 242

lA)ng as th<; darkening cloud abode Richards 360

Look, ve saints I the day is breaking Kelly 322

Loosed from my God, and far removed Moravian 475

LordI a happy child of thine Anna L. Waring 113

Lord, a little band and lowly 703

I^rd, before thy presence come J. TUylor 44

Lord deliver; ttiou canst save ; Mrs. Follen 770

Lord, dismiss us witli thy blessing Toplady*s Coll, 828

Lord, from whom all blessings flow C. Wesley. 430

Lo'd, have mercy when we pray Milman -MS

]x)rd, 1 believe; thy power! own Wreford 4H0

Lord, T have made thy wordmy cboice mUts 2u7

I^rd, in heaven thv owelliug-place Bowring 40

Lord, it is not life to live ^ Toplady M?

Lord lu thy service I would spend Doddridge 786

Lord, in whose might tiic Saviour trod BtUJlnch 230

Lord Je«u», come I for here Miss MuHineau 177

l/ord, lead the way tlie 25avlour went CrossweVL 745

Jxird, let thy conquering banner wave Scltmolck 637

Ijonl, now we part, In thy iilest name Heber b^iO

I^rdof all beiug, throned afar O. W. Holmes 45

Lordofgloryl Ring of power. Missionary Mag. Ill

I^rdof all beiug, throned afar O. W. Holmes 45

Lordofgloryl Ring of power. Missionary Mag. Ill

Lori of heaven, and earth, and ocean 7i5

Lord of the worlds above Watts 37

LordI send thy servants forth C. Wesley 320

LordI subduu our seliish will C, Wesley v^

Ix)rd, tcacl) a little child to pray 7\)1

Lord, tliat I may learn of tliee C, Wesley 626

Ix)rd, tliuu art good I all nature shows Drown 149

LordI thou did«t arise and say Milman 765

Lord, thou hast won, at length I yield Newton 3G7

LordI we believe a rest remains C. Wesl^ &i%

LordI what ofTejring shall we bring J, Taylor 00

592 INDEX TO FIRST LINES.

BTMir

Lord, when we bend before thy throne 05

I>ord, when tliy people seek thv face Montgomery 7

Lord, who ordaim'stfor mankind • liryani 9M

Lol the day of rest decHneth C. Itobbiru 837

Lol the lilies of the field I HeberieOO

lx>ve all creatureH In his name C T.Broobw 400

Love divine, alt love excelling Wetifffan 4 '9

Ix)ve is and was my Lord and King Tenn^mm SiO

iMf what a precious Corner-stone Watts *J7 1

Lol what a glorious sight appears WcUtM 348

Make channels for the stream s of love TVendk 308

Man can build nothing worthy of his maker Dr, ChatJMd 190

Many centuries have fled Cotuler 054

Mark the soft falling snow Doddridge Z\:i

Mary to tlie Saviour's tomb 300

May tlie grA<% of Christ, our Saviour Nexion 814

Meek and lowl v, pure and holy Mrs, liemans 629

McHblah, Lord! who wont to dwell HeberZVi

M id scenes of confVision, and creature eomplalnta 69(1

Blighty Godi the lirst, the lastl W. GaMbdl 122

M I IHons of souls, In glory now Doddridge G&7

Morning breaks ufiou the tomb CoOf/cr 252

My country, 'tis of thee S, F, Smith 730

My dear Kedeemer, and my Lord WattM 294

My Fatherl cheering name I Mrs, Steele 141

My GodI how endless is thy love Watts 125

My <iod, 1 love thee, not because Fraucia Xavier 490

M V God, I thank thee I may wo thought Korton 500

My God, my Father — bllKHful name Jtfrs. Stetie S06

My (>o<], permit me not to be Wntts 469

My ( jod I tlie covenau t of thy love Doddridge 535

My heavenly Father calls Doddridge G47

My soul before tliee prostrate lies Richter 371

Nearer, my God, to thee Sarah F. Adams 442

Is'ever %vaH sung a swteter word St. Bernard 297

None Iove<l m\ Father, with thy Jove » German 513

>io, no, it is nutdying C. Mnlnn o<M

Moti-ttck is on the sunny sky Fabw 2rA

Nut for the prophet tonguo of fire. H. Bacon G7B

Not fur the uummer-s hour aiouo L, H. Sigoumey **^

Nut in the solitude BryttU 8j6

Nut in this simple rite alone OaskeU 069

Nut with terror do we meet Bowrituf 014

1^0 war nor battle's sound MUton^ Gardner^ and Dwigbt 760

>ju\i' b«>gln tlie heavenly theme 200

Now blessing, honor, glory, )>ower 842

Vow let our souls on wings tiublime G^^bons 510

Now, uu sea and land descending S. LongfeUtiw 88

Nuw the Christian's course is run C. Wesley 018

Now the stars are lit in heaven Lyra Apottolica 1 15

Now to the Lord a noble song Watts iH

Now with eternal glory crowned.. Mrs.Steele 203

O, all ye nations I praise the I^rd Vavghan 57

O, all yc nations t pmi.He the Lord Watts 833

O, blest Creator ul the light Longfelluw** Vespen 97

O, Christ, what graciouH words Richards 309

O come. Creator Spirit blent Breviary 6

O, oould 1 find, trum day to day Hartford SeiM. 433

INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 593

HTMir

O, eould we speak the matchless worth. ^,..,Medlaf 201

0. eartli I thy Past is crowned and consecrated Harru 7^1

O'er mountain tops, the moant of God 321

O'er the gloomy hills of darkness P, WUliams 3:23

O, ever swaying, conscious soull W. It.Femald 806

Of Father. — draw us after thee 472

O, fairest born of love and light WMtiier 316

Of all the thoughts of God, that are Jfrs. Browning 653

O, for a faith that will not shrink Baih CoU. 4<)d

O, for a heart to praise my God Waleuan 630

O, for the death of those Ck. J*»almodff ME

O, for a thousand tongues, to sing WiM$ 280

Oft. when stormsof pain are rolling Harrin '276

OGod, I thank thee that the night Pierpont 800

O God, by whom the seed is given Heber 812

OGod! ere heaven and earth were planned Mrs, Pane 600

O God of glory I when with eye upUfted W. M, Fenudd 627

O God, thou art my God alone Montgomery 601

O God unseen, but not unknown Montgomery 660

OGodl unworthy of thy boundless love 360

O God, we praise thee and confess Patrick 62

O God, whose presence glows in all Frothingham 40

OGod, within my breast Emily Bronte 134

O God, whose dread and dazzling brow Bryant 4(Sl

O, happy day that fixed mv choice Doddridge 630

O, happy is the man who hears Logan 418

O, here, if ever. God of love B, Taylor 640

O, help us Lord I each hour of need H, H. MHmtm 460

O, he whom .lesus loved has truly spoken Whittier 02

Oh, for a closer walk with God Cowper 471

Oh! how happy are they C. Wexley 702

Oh I not alone with outward sign Whittier 302

Oh t sweet it is to know, to feel Beard's CoU. 643

Oholy Father! Ju lit and true Whittier 710

O holy Father I ^mid the calm W.H.Burleigh 106

Oh, what a struggle wakes within Bowrmg 860

O Life. O Death, O World, O Time B.C. TYend^ 360

O L.ord,thy perfect word BefkUme 208

D lx>rd ot hosts. Almighty King O. W. Hoimee 733

O Lord, where'er thy people meet Cowper 41

D love divine that stoopod to share O. W. Bolme» 600

O, strong upwclUng prayers of faith Whittier tui'i

O, make a noise unto the Lord Songs of the UnUy 60

O, Maker of the fhilts and flowers Whittier 767

Omniscient God, 'tis thine to know 423

One prayer I have, — all prayers in one Montgomery 4^2

One there is, above iillotiiem Nadon 274

On eyes tliat never saw the day Butcher 2't2

On .Ionian's stormv banks I stand StennHt 6K3

O North, with all thy vales of green Bryant 773

O, notto fill the mouth of fame T. H. OiU 481

On the dark wave of Galilee RutseU 234

On thy church, O power divine Spirit of the Pealme K\0

On Zlon'ii holy walls 020

Oppression shall not always reign H. Ware, Jr. 700

O, praise ye the Lord, prepare a new song Doddridge 60

O.Kliadowin asultry land 104

On, shot not out sweet pity's ray Mrs, Mayo 700

O sinner bring not tear8 (done Breviary 303

0» sometinieii gleams upon our idght WMttier 780

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594 INDEX TO FIB8T LmE8.

OSonof GodI thyohildren we S,Judd29i

O source divine, and life of all SterHng 40

O speed thee, Christian, on thy way 38(1

O, stay thy tears; for they are blest NorUm 671

O that the Ix>rd*8 salvation Lj/te 329

O that the Lord would guide my ways Watis 527

O t hou , at whose rebuke the grave WhUtier 414

O thou, by long experience tried Mme. GfnyonW

O thou , to whom all creatures bow. . « TaU and Brady lfi7

O thou Eternal One I whose presence bright Deriihavin Vtl

O thou, frova. whom all goodness flows HawHs^ 1792 486

O thou great Spirit-, who along i£artiumu?a CotL 8S9

O thou, to whom In ancleat time Pierpont ^at

O thoo, true life of all that live LyraCaih, 101

O thou, who driest the mourner's tear Jlfoore 60S

O thou, who art above all height I PUrnoni 675

O thou, who hast at thy command Mr$. CoUerUl 465

O thou, whose own vast temple stands Bryant 667

O thou, whose power o'er moving world presides Dr. Johnson 151

O thou, who on thy chosen 8on H. Wart, Jr. 680

O thou I wliose thought pervades all space Henry C. Leonard 674

O to have dwelt In Bethlehem Addoide Procter 227

Our Father God I not face to face E, ff. Chopin 673

Our Father in heaven, we hallow thy name Mrt. Hnle 6.12

Our God, our help in ages past WatU 170

Our hoaven is everywhere Utiss Fletcher 366

Our heavenly Father, hear Montflomery 451

Our offering Is a willing mind Hampson 749

Our soul shall magnifv the I<ord Montgomery 752

Our pilgrim bretliren (Iwelling far S. W. Liccrmore 851

Ours is a lovely world, how fair Montgomery^n Cott, 201

Out of the depths Icrytotheo Luther .3r4

O, what though our feet may not tread where Christ txod WhUtier 2?«

O, where sliall rest be found Montgomery 515

O, wondrous depth of grace divine 818

O, worship the K Ing. all glorious above Orant 70

O ves, we trust tliat somehow good Tennyson S53

O ^ion, lift thy raptured eye Thomas CtmiftbeU 241

O, Zion, tune thy voice Doddridge 6M

Part in peace! is day before as? S. F.Adams 891

Peace of God, which knows no measure 832

People of the living God Montgomery 640

Pillows wet witli tears of anguish Pierpont 753

Pity the nations, O our God Lutheran Cott. 669

Planted in Christ, the living Vine S.F.Smith 6»3

Four out thy spirit Oora on high Montgomery 687

Praise, overlasting praise, be paid W<iifs 76

Praise for the glorious light M. W. Hale 755

Praise (vod Arom whom all blessings flow Kenn 843

Praise the Lord — his glory bless 840

l*raise the Lord I ye heavens adore bim lAverpool ColL 67

Praise to God, Immortal praise Mrs. BarbatUd 718

Praise to thee, thou great Creator Fcttrcett 63

Praise waits in Zion, lA>rd, for thee SirJ.E. Smith 66

Praise ye the I A>rd around whose throne II. tUdtoUj 'id. 55

I'rayer is the soul's sincere desire Montgomery 443

I'ress on, press on 1 ye sous of light. OasteUdSJ

Beady for their glorious crown Wesley's CoO. 678

BeiigionI in its blessed ray Q,Bogtrs 4^

INDEX TO FIBST LINES. 595

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Belifrlon is the chief oonoern Fawcett ^^

Bemember thy Creator 8. F. Smith 796

Ketammyftoul, unto thy rest.. « ,,..•,.., Montaomery 637

Ride on, ride on in majesty I •• AiUman 'iSi

Kinff OQt, wild bells to tlie wild Bky TennvMon 720

King, O bells I..... WhtiHer7:\5

Rifle crowned with light, imperial Salem, riael Pope 340

Rise my Boul and stretch thy wings 440

Rockof ages, cleft for me..... ...- 7\ypladti 272

Rocked in the cradle of the deep Mr$, WiUard 60S

Bafely throngh another week N^ewt&n IS-

Salvaaonloh,theioyM80Qnd Wattt 810

ttavlourl who thy flock art feeding (MS

8ay not, the stnigffle nought availeth Arthur Hugh dough 391

8comnot tlie sllglitest word or deed Lond. Inqumr 305

See, daylight is iading, o'er earth and o*er ocean Heber 92

Sec ftom on high a llffht divine Exeter Coll. 229

<*SGe how helovedl'* exclaimed the Jews Baehe 231

See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand Doddridge 270

See the leaves around us fUliug Home 674

Servantof God, welldonel Montgomery 620

Servants of Christ arise L. H. Sigoumey 433

Shepherd of the holy hills Henry C. Leonard 277

Shout the glad tidings, exultlngly sing Episcopal CoU, S04

Since o'er thy footstool here below 188

Sing we the peerless deeds of martyred saints Breviary 858

Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord Doddridge 690

Sl8t<^r, thou wast mild and lovely S. F. Smith 600

Slowly, by God's hand unftirled Furneet 70

Boft as fades tlie sunset splendor S. Longfellow 87

Softly fades the twilight ray S, F SmUh 78

SoiUy now the light of day Doane 83

Sometimes a light surprises Cowper S^

Songs of praise the angels sang Montgomery 317

Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea Moore 732

Sovereign and transforming grace F. H, Hedge 2

Sow in the mom ttiy seed Montgomery 390

Speakwithus, Lord; thyself reveal O. Wetlejf 8

Spirit divine, attend our prayer 215

Spirit of grace, and health, and power J. Wesley 212

Spirit of holiness, descend 8, F.Smith 214

Spirit, leave thy house of day Montgomery 560

Spread, oh, spread thou mighty word Bahnmaier 320

Star of mom and even # F.T, Palgrave 110

Still hope! sUllactI Be sure that llf^ Sterling 2^i^

Still prayers are strong, and God is good Sterling 355

Strong son of God, Immortal love Tennyaon 267

Sunlight of the heavenly day Anna L, Waring 710

Supreme and universal light ^enry jifoore 477

Suppliant, lot thy children bend Orey 848

Sweet is the light of Snbbatli eve Edmeeton 114

Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream 447

Sweet is the scene when virtue dies Mrs, Barbauld 604

Sweet Sabbath bells t I love vour voice Songs in the 2^igfa 780

Sweet the momenU rich in blessing lAfraCath. 240

Sweetis the task, O Lord Spirit of the Psalms 70

Sweet is tlte friendly voice Jervis 372

Sweet to the soul tlie parting rsy 847

Swell the anthem, rabe the song Harford CcU» 713

596

INDEX TO 11B8T LINES.

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Take them, O deathl and beiir away LoMfbOcwesSi

Talk with U8, l^rd, thyself reveal Mfetkodigi CoU. 476

Teach me, my God aud King Herbert 381

Teach me the measure of my days WatU 961

Teach U8 to feel as Jesus prayed H,£aUou2G&

Teach us to pray i4ft

Tell me not in moumAil numbers LongfetUfw 617

Tliauks for mercies. Lord, receive 82S

That myi«tlo word of thine*, O sovereign Lord I Afnr. SUnDe 601

Tlie bird that soars on highest wing •.Monigomery 417

The broken ties of happier days Montgomery 611

The Chritftian warrior, see bim stand Montgomery 380

Tlieday is past and gone 109

The day, O Lord, is spent J, M. Neaie M

The dwellings of the n-ee resound 7iS

The dead are like tlie stars by day ....w BttrUm OSS

The denert flower afar may bloom O.W. Bethune 618

The earth, all light and k)veliness Mr» MUe§ 727

The harvest fields are broad and white O, T. Flandert €8S

The head that once was crowned witli thorns Kelly SidO

The heaven of heavens cannot contain Drenvum 120

The heavens declare thy glory, Lord Waitt tbOZ

The Joyful morn, my Goa,is come Merrick 2S

The light of love is round his feet Faber 2!n

The Lord descended f>om above Stemkold IH

The I^rd is our Shepherd, our Guardian and Guide Byrom 138

The L^rdisKingl im up thy voice Conder 135

The I^rd Jehovah reigns Watts 131-133

The Liord my pasture shall prepare Addhon 139

The Lord our God is Lord of aU U,K, WkUe 18*

Tlie Lord will come, and not be slow ... .*. Milton 342

The mellow eve Is gliding Sacred Songs US

The morning lipThtia breaking S,r. Smith 324

The morn ol peace is beaming Mrs.Colhum MB

The morning stars in concert sang Montgomery 863

The mourners came at break of day Sarah F. Adams 684

The past is dark with sin and shame 776

Thciierfectworld by Adam trod WUUs fX»

Ttie praises of my tongue Watts 7SN>

The path of life we walk to-day Whittier 161

The rmliant dawn of gospel liglit M. iZcqfn«r 344

The Hage his cup of hemlock quaffed ,,...W,J. Fox 662

The Muints on earth and those above C Wesley 636

The Saviour gently calls Doddridge 801

The Saviour now isgonebeibre Bowring 489

The snow-plumed un/rel of the north * Whittier 728

The soul by faith reclined C. Wesley ¥3»

Tlie spacious firmament on high Addison 187

The spirit in our hearUi Epis. ChlL 3(tt

The stars are sparks of burning sand Harris 108

Tlic stream Is calmest when it uears the tide The Independent 80

The triumphs of the martyred saints Andeat Hymn 801

The turi' shall l)e my fragrant shrine Moort 108

Tlie world has much of beautiful CD. Stuftrt 191

The world throws wide its brazen gates J, Weiss 380

The wrong that pains my soul below Whittier 136

Tliere 's a reAige of peace fVom the t«mpest8 that beat. . . Kdmeston 36

Tiiere is an hour of peacefhl rest .W B. Tappan 686

There is a book, who runs may read .....KeUe 183

There is a calm for those who weep Montgomery 681

IKDEX TO FIRST LIKES. 597

HTIIH

There i« ft foantatn filled with blood • Camper 280

There Is a God.— all nature speaks Mn, SUOe 186

There Is a glonoas world on high Mr», Steele 080

There isaland mine eye hath seen 670

There is a land of pure delight Watts 68Z

There is a little lonely fold LUchfieliPs CoU. 280

There is a time when moments flow 80

There is a world, — and O, how blest 655

There is a world we have not seen 603

There is a pure and peaoeiUl wave AOl

There is no death I The stars go down 570

There Is no flock, however watched and tended LongfeUow 828

There was Joy inheavenl ..^ Hdier 375

There seems a voice in every gale Mre, Opie 105

There Ml be something in heaven for children to do 805

There's no such thing as death 506

There 'snot a place in eartli's vast round 157

There's not a star whose twinkling light WaUaoe 183

They who seek the throne of grace Methodist CoU. 445

Think gently of the erring ARss Fletcher 701

This is the marriage feast, and here Harris 643

This stone to thee in faith we lay MotUMmery 072

Thou art, almiglity Lord of all W. Ray 120

Thou art gone to the grave ; but we will not deplore thee. . . •Heber 010

Thou art gone upon nigh 260

Thou art, O God. the llie and light Moore 185

Thou art the first, and thou the last 8:»

Thou art the way; — to thee alone 273

Thou dost come, all-heallng Lord Lamartine 337

Thou holy Jesus, kind and dear 706

Though laint and sick, and worn away '. 768

Though wandering in a stranger land 3i

Thou God of years and seasons, all J. O, Adnms &H

Thou Grace divine, encircling all A ndent Cath, Hymn 148

Thou, LordI by mortal eyen unseen Mason 208

Thou Lord of life I whose tender care 01

Thou, Lord, who rear'st the mountain's height Sterling 103

Thou Power and Peace in whom we find Breoiary 5

Thou who ordainest for the laud's salvation Theodore Tilton 736

Thou, whose wide extended sway A, C. Thomas 352

Through all the various passing scene CoUett 178

Through endless years thou art the same THte & Brady 168

Throughout the hours of darkness dim Breviary 1 10

Tlirough sorro>v's night and danger's way //. JT. White 388

Through the changes of the day 102

Through the love of God our Saviour Sabbath Hymn Book 181

Thus far the I^rd has led me on Wotts 107

Thus salth the first, the great command Watts 410

Thus we commcmorale tiie day Stennett 662

Thy name, Almighty Lord Watts H^O

Thy name we biess, almiglity God Presb. CoU. 711

Thy presence, ever-living God Doddridge 809

Thy way, not mine. O Lord H. Bonar 453

Thy kingdom. Lord, forever stands Eng. Bap, IbO

Thy wavs, O Lord, with wi^e design Anon. 132

Thy wilt be done I In devious way Doddridge 46^

Thy will be done I I will not fear Jane Bosooe 466

Time by moments steals away. 722

Times without number have 1 prayed C. Wesley 374

Tls apoint I long to know Newton 408

Tla by the fiath of Joys to come Watts 400

598 iin>EX TO FiBST liiirBS*

T li by thy strength the monntalM stand Wati» 7t7

T is finished I— so the Saviour cried Stennftt 2M

T Is gone that bright and orb^ blaze AeMs H5

Tls my happiness below Cowpcr 358

T is not the gift, but 'tis the spirit BotcHng .%9

To heaven I Iifl mine eyes WaiU Ml

To him that loved the souls of men SMI

To him who children blest J. F. CJarke (ITiO

To him who condescends to dwell Doddridge and Merrick 7SI

To keep the lamp alive Cotcper 633

To thee, O God in heaven J,F. Clarke OH

To thee our wants are known 821

To thine eternal arms, O God T. W.BUfffinson 614

To thy temple I repair BoylHon 801

Tread softly — bow the head— Mre, SmUkep 1i\7

Trump of glad Jubilee Duncan 734

United prayers ascend to thee CoUyer MS

UnveU thy iMMom, falthfbl tomb WidU B\9

Upon the Gospel's sacred page Bowring 319

Walt, fbr the day fs breaking: C. J7. Toumatnd ¥&

Walk in the light I so sh alt thou know B, Barton A9\

WatchmanI tell ns of the night Bovring 224

Weare living, we are dwelling 856

We are but young — yet we may sing 709

We bid thee welcome In the name Montgomery 681

We bless thee for this sacred day Nwt York Ontt. 19

We die with Thee; O let us live Bchmolck SS7

Wo have not w^ings — we cannot soar LongfdUm MA

Welcome delightful mom Hai^mard 16

Welcome, sweet dav of rest watU 14

We long to see that happy time 331

We praise thee, If one rescued soul Mr9, SigoHmeg 764

We now invoke thy blessing. Lord Mo*eM BaUou 611

Wesay to all men, far and near. yovnUs .'MS

We see not, know not, all our way Whittitr 4A6

We shape ourselves the Joy or fear WhUtier 392

We waitinfUtb, in orayer we wait 430

Wo will not weep ; for God is standing by ns W, ff, HurUmri 421

What glorious tidings do 1 hear S.Sireeier^H

What If the little rain should say WiUiam Cutier 792

What though the stream be dead WiUon 570

Whatever dims thy sense of truth M. W. Hnle iM

When all thy mercies, O my God Addison 4M

When, as returns this solemn day Mrs, Barbauld 21

When before thy throne we kneel Bowring 47

When children give their hearts to God WaUs 797

When darkness long has veiled my mind Cowper 373

When death was on the path he trod J. Lombard 06^

Wlien God descends with men to dwell B, Balkm 341

When God, of old, came down fh>m heaven KdtU 218

When human hopes and Joys depart Roscoe 807

•* When I am weak, Pm strong*. FroiMngkam 420

When I can read my title clear wdUs 697

When Israel of the rx>rd beloved Sir Walter SooU 470

When Jesus, our great Master, came Waits 307

When languor and disease Invade Toplndg 3flO

When marshalled on the nightly plain H. K. WhiU 228

When up to nightly skies we gaze SterHna 199

When verdure clothes the fertile vale Steele TZk

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When wgkened by fhyTotee of power BotoHng 68

When we cannot lee our way Bvmns of the Ages 522

When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean Mrs, a, B, Stowe &44

When the worn spirit wants repose Edmeaton 27

Where'er the Lord shall build my house Sooit 782

Where shall the child of sorrow find 760

Whilst far and wide thy scattered sheep WUde 390

While inthis sacred rite of thine. 8,F, Smiih 060

While my Redeemer 's near Steele 278

While Shepherds watdied their flocks by night PaincJt 222

While sounds of war are heard around Aiben 739

While thee 1 seek protecting power •M* M. WiUiama 43

Wliile thus thy throne of grace we seek C Bobbins 73

While, with ceaseless course, the sun Newton 720

While yet the youthfhl spirit bears 803

Who are those before God's throne Schenck 850

Who is thy neighbor 9 He whom thou Peabody 760

Who fathoms the eternal thought WhUHer 165

Who shall towards thy chosen seat Merrick 31

Why do we mourn departing fHends Watte 609

Why, on the bending willows huntf PraWe CoU, 328

Why should we start and fear to die Watte 665

Why should we weep and mourn forthose 615

Why thus longing, thus forever sighing Mine Winslow 616

Why, why repine, O pensive fHeud W. S. Landor ^2&

Within thine altar's shade Hymne of the Unity 378

Within these doors assembled now S^ect Hjimns 689

Wlthjoy we meditate tlie grace watts 281

With one consent lot all tlie earth Tate and Brady 68

With roses crown his baby head Harris 663

With sacredjoy we lift our eyes Jervia 71

With silence only as their benediction Whittier 612

With stately towers and bulwarks strong 631

With willing feet thy servant stands Mrs, L. C. Myrick 678

Word of the ever living God Barton 2ai

Would'st thou in thy lonely hour 786

Tears are coming — speed them onward Eopedale CotL 346

Ye followers of the Prince of peace Anon, 643

Ye realms below the skies H,BaUoUy2d 51

Yes, for me. for me iie careth H^Bonar 172

Yea I Our Shepherd leads witli gentle hand Krummacher 269

Yes, we trust the day is breaking -. Kelly SV^

Ye tribes of Adam Join Watts 53

Ye who think tlie truth ye sow Fritg and Seolett 521

Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor St^dt 018

INDEX TO METRICAL PSALMS.

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Qod la oar reftageln dlstreu • PuOm zItI. sn

J 7 the man whose tender care P$aimx\\, 571
at has God his |(uanilan made Ptatm xd. Pan U. 676

How good and pleasant must it be /'solm zcfl. 676

How vast must their advantage be Pjotei cxxxUl. 679

Letallthelands with shoots of Joy Psnim Ixvl. 674

Let all the Just to God, with Joy PsoJm xxxiii. 670

O,oome loud anthems let us sing P$aimxer. 67ft

O God of hosts, the mtglity Loi^ Pstilm Ixxtv. 676

O praise the Lord with hymns of Joy rtalmcxIvU. 6fl0

O praise the Lord in that blest place Paalmd, OSi

O render tlianks to God above PwiMcxl, 577

O t was aJoyAil sound, to hear Psalmtxx\L 670

Sing to the Lord a new made song PtalmxBwl. 677

The heavens declare thy glory, Lord PiaXm xlx. Part t. 6A9

The I^rd, the only God, IB great /^ri/i» xlviit. 673

The Lord himseir the mighty Lord Psatm xxtii. SflO

Through all the changing scenes of Ufls Puttm xxxlv. sfO

Thy mercy. Lord, to me extend JPsw<^lvIi. 67^

To ble«« thy chosen race /*«n/toi Ixvii. 674

To God, the mighty Lord PiKiAn cxxxvi. 680

While T the King's loud praise rehearse Paalm x1 v. 671

With cheerAil notes let all the earth PaaUncvil. 578

With glory dad, with strength arrayed Pmlm xcUl. 570

Te boundless realms of Joy iV^Jm cxlvlli. 681

Te that in might and power excel PttUmxxi^ 670

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